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Through consistent investment in environmental protection with a large scale wastewater treatment system and clean power operation zones, the Mao Khe Thermal Power Company (Quang Ninh province) has distinguished itself through its commitment to environmentally-friendly practices.

On November 19th, Mao Khe Coal Company held a Groundbreaking Ceremony of pair of vertical sharps - Underground mining project below minus 150, Mao Khe mine.

Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has just sent a document to the Prime Minister for a proposal to put the Long An II Thermal Power Plant (2x800 MW) into the Power Planning VII.

Nong Son TPP with a design capacity of 30 MW has officially synchronized to the National Power System.

VnEconomy citing news from the Economic Times (India) reports that private power firm Tata Power is looking for a local partner in Viet Nam to build a 1,320 MW thermal power plant. "We are looking for a local partner in Viet Nam, we would like to keep 80 percent of the equity in the project," Tata Power Managing Director Anil Sardana told reporters in New Delhi.

On May 4, in Hanoi, the signing ceremony of the power purchase agreement (PPA) for Song Hau 1 Thermal Power Plant was held between the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PVN) and the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN).

The Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin) informed: Mao Khe project with a pit level of -150m will generate coal in 2021. This is a pit coal mine with a continuous exploiting process of 65 years (from 1954) and a total coal production of nearly 60 million tons.

The Government Office has consulted ministries and sectors on Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PVN) to transfer Nhon Trach 3 & 4 thermal power projects to PetroVietnam Power Corporation (PV Power) for investment.

On November 2, 2016 in Hanoi, the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (VN) in collaboration with the PetroVietnam Power Corporation (PV Power) held a cerymony to sign the principle contract to supply imported coal for the thermal power plants (PV Power TPP) invested by PVN.

Prime Minister has accepted the proposal of Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) to correct the coal-fired thermal power projects in Adjusted Power Planning VII by adjusting the capacity of An Khanh project (in Bac Giang province with an old name as Luc Nam) from 100 MW to 650 MW and supplementing an independent project (IPP) of 100 MW (2x50 MW) for electricity supplying Duc Giang Chemical Joint-Stock Company (Lao Cai province) without connection with national power system.

On January 31, the unit #1 of the Duyen Hai 1 TPP (622.5MW) was successfully synchronized to the National Power System.

At 18.00 on 23 May 2017, Unit#1 of Thai Binh1 Thermal Power Plant (TPP) has successfully connected to the National Power System.

Rosatom has proved that it can handle not only nuclear projects. In the middle of February the NIAEP-ASE joint engineering nuclear industry company put in commission the first unit of the Yuzhnouralskaya GRES-2 in the Chelyabinsk region. This is the first thermal energy object in the country where nuclear industry is a general contractor and equipment supplier. Taking into consideration the fact that by 2030 no less than 100GW of heat power are to be introduced in Russia, Rosatom now has a chance to take its niche at heat-power engineering market. Nuclear industry has everything it needs.

Korea’s Taekwang Power Holdings, which is the investor of Nam Dinh 1 thermal power plant, is keen to add a coal-fired power project in central Quang Tri province to their list of Vietnamese investments.

Quang Ninh Province's historic rainstorm severely disrupted the area's coal supplies, and could temporarily shut down several thermal power plants.