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Deploying the target in September and last three months of 2016, Vinacomin General Director Dang Thanh Hai asked to postpone the coal import time to fit the domestic coal consumption situation and the capacity of coal storage of the Group.

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.

According to latest data from the General Department of Customs, the import coal amount in March 2017 was nearly 2 million tons worth $217 million, up 76.9% and 47.8% in value over the previous month.

At the commemoration of "30 years of the first ship of Hon Gai Anthracite coal for iron and steel production in Japan”, a working meeting between the leaders of Vietnam National coal and mineral industries Group (Vinacomin) and Japan iron and steel companies.

At present, Indonesia is a country which exports coal with an large volume for Vietnam. As planned, only Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) will import coal as about 5 million tons in 2017, 11 million tons by 2020 and 19 million tons by 2025 (about 1/3 of total import coal volume of Vietnam).  

On Oct 20, 2015, President and CEO Dang Thanh Hai had a meeting with delegation of Marubeni headed by Mr. Hirohide Sagara - Chief Representative in Vietnam of Marubeni Corporation.

According to the information from GENCO 3, at 12:20 on June 27, 2017, coal burning for the first time at Unit#2 (600MW) of Vinh Tan 4 thermal power plant (TPP) was successfully implemented This is an important milestone as a basis for following testing steps with an aim to commercial operating Unit#2 at the end of 2017.

At the online over handing conference on production operation in September 2019, Mr. Dang Thanh Hai, the General Director of Vietnam National Coal-Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin)  asked the member units to pay interest to coal import to meet the demand of customers, especially power generation with a goal to strive achieving 7 million tons of import coal in 2019.

In the Afternoon of October 3, 2014, in Hanoi, the PetroVietnam Coal Import and Supply Company (PV Power Coal) has signed a framework contract on long-term coal purchase with the Bukit Asam and Prima  Multi Minerals (Indonesia) partners.

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).

Over the past 170 years of development, Germany’s Siemens Group has been continuously improving energy efficiency. Dr. Pham Thai Lai, President and CEO of Siemens Vietnam, spoke with Vietnam Energy Review about how the firm can become the world’s first major industrial company to achieve a net-zero carbon footprint by 2030, and contribute to Vietnam’s sustainable energy mix and greenhouse gas emission reduction.

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.