Yingli may also take a role as aco-developer in the projects, a company official told Recharge, but no furtherdetails have been decided.

The agreement, signed with local municipalauthorities, would see the construction of solarprojects on barren, unused land around the city of Qujing and in Hongheprefecture, which borders northern Vietnam.

Yingli, based inBaoding, Hebei province, has not set a date for any construction to start and thereare no details of financial terms.

Yingli was the global leader in module shipments in 2012.

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