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In order to further improve the efficiency of production management, leaders of the Vietnam Coal and Mineral Industries Corporation (Vinacomin) have directed the staffs in coordination with the units to implement the software for management system monitoring the coal flow.

On March 3, 2023, at the headquarters of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT), Minister Nguyen Hong Dien chaired a meeting with the leaders of Electricity of Vietnam (EVN), Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PVN), and Vietnam National Coal - Mineral Industries Holding Corporation Limited (TKV), Power Generation 1, Power Generation 2, Power Generation- 3 Joint Stock Company, TKV Power Company, PVN Power Company, Northeast Coal Corporation; Ninh Binh Fertilizer Single Company Limited, Ha Bac Fertilizer and Chemical Joint Stock company and a number of the coal-fired thermal power plants on the coal supply and coal import for electricity and nitrogen fertilizer production.

On May 9, Mr. Tran Dinh Nhan, General Director and Mission of Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) and worked with Vinacomin leaders in Hanoi and Coal Northeast Corporation (CNC) in Quang Ninh, on coal supply for power generation, especially in the peak hot months of 2023.

At the conference to review the plans in 2016 of Ministry of Resources and Environment, the Vietnam Geology and Mineral Department informed “At present, there have been identified 55 coal strata placed in 5 stratum groups from the surface to the depth of 1200 meters in mainland part of the Red River coal basin”.

Vietnam National Coal and Minerals Industries Holding Corporation Limited (Vinacomin) speeds up to perfrm the coal export contracts to rapidly release high-quality coal dust and lump coal in stock.

The Minister of Industry and Trade has just issued a Decision approving the coal price framework and electricity generation price framework in 2023. Accordingly, the coal price is 1,808,000 VND/ton, the electricity generation price framework for coal-fired power plants is 0 - 1,559.70 VND/kWh and the electricity generation price range for hydropower plants is 0 - 1,110 VND/kWh (the above price framework does not include value added tax (VAT) and other related taxes and costs).

A conference to agree and sign a cooperation agreement between Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin), South East Coal Trading Company (SECTC – Dong Bac Corporation) and Electricity of Vietnam (EVN), on long-term coal supply for Thermal power plants using anthracite coal in EVN has just taken place in Hanoi.

According to Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PVN), the Premier Oil has officially open N3P well of the Dua Mine, 12W Lot, Vietnamese continental shelf, with an oil flow of about 3,500 barrels per day.

On the morning of January 25, 2019, as planned, CTC1-WHP exploiting rig in Sturgeon (Ca Tam) Field, Lot 09/3-12 gave First Oil, with an initial production of 1,630 tons/day. This is a project invested by a consortium of Vietsovpetro, PetroVietnam Exploration and Production Corporation (PVEP) and Bitexco Group.

According to information from PVN, on November 30, 2016 when conducting seam test for the second object at Bach Ho – 47 exploratory drilling  well, Vietsovpetro had discovered a new oil flow.

At October 30 evening, in Ho Chi Minh city, PetroVietnam held a welcome ceremony for the first oil flow from the drilling rig H5 of the white rhino field managed by Hoang Long Company in join-venture with partners from Vietnam, US and Thailand. Vice Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai attended and spoke at the ceremony.

PetroVietnam Exploration and Production Corporation (PVEP) informed: the Project on Development the Thai Binh Gas Field, at 102-106 Lots of Song Hong Basin offshore Gulf of Tonkin under the PCOSB Operator has given the first commercial gas flow of a 5 million cubic feet per day output (1 cubic foot is equivalent to 0.028 cubic meter) from TB-1P Well.

On April 1st, in Lima the capital of Republic of Peru, Petrovietnam Exploration and Production Corporation (PVEP) and Peru Petroleum Corporation (Perenco) held a valve opening ceremony for sale of the first commercial oil flow from Lot 67 in Peru.

As part of the test plan of the Thi Vai LNG project chain, on June 27, 2023, Vietnam Gas Corporation - PV GAS successfully carried out the first gas flow into the Thi Vai - Phu My gas pipeline (at Hoi Bai Vale station, Phu My town, Ba Ria - Vung Tau province).

At 7.00 am on May 7, at 37 P well of the White Rabbit field, the White Rabbit 3 drilling rig officially exploited the first oil flow (for 13 days earlier than planned) with an initial production of 164 tons per day.