Vietnam May Back Off From Coal as Plants Get Harder to Build

(Bloomberg) — Follow Bloomberg on LINE messenger for all the business news and analysis you need. Vietnam may scale back a plan to boost coal’s role in its power generation as financial restrictions and local environmental concerns make it more difficult to build plants. The National Steering Committee for Power Development has recommended eliminating about 15 gigawatts of planned new coal plan

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Coal imports/exports remain tricky problem for Vietnam

Last update 14:00 | 01/07/2017
Coal imports/exports remain tricky problem for Vietnam
VietNamNet Bridge – While a large amount of coal was exported in the first months of the year, most coal used in the country was imported. 


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Coal exports have had a sharp export growth rate. GDC said that coal exports from the beginning of the year to May 15 reached 709,624 tons, worth $106.73 million, which represented an increase of 375 percent in quantity and 660 percent in value in comparison with the same period last year. Tiếp tục đọc “Coal imports/exports remain tricky problem for Vietnam”