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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.

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.

The 12th National Technological Innovation Awards were granted to 88 projects in Hanoi on March 31, contributing to confirming the will and creativity of the Vietnamese. These were useful projects, helping users save time and costs as well as bringing greater economic efficiency.

Mr. Kim Hyo Tae has just been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer and General Director (CEO & GD) of Doosan Vietnam (Doosan Vina) on March 28, 2022, to take charge of all Doosan activities in Vietnam.

Park Hong Ook, the recently appointed Chief Executive Officer and General Director of Doosan Heavy Industry’s Vietnam assumes control of Doosan’s Vietnamese operations.

The Prime Minister has just have an instruction to untie the difficulties and promote the implementation  of the strategy for developing Vietnamese Mechanical Sector.

As part of an extensive program to ensure a reliable national power supply in Vietnam, Siemens received an order from the state-run energy company, Electricity of Vietnam National Load Dispatch Centre (EVN NLDC), to improve the performance of the nationwide transmission grid. Siemens will supply and install products and systems for detecting and evaluating failure situations in the grid, for ensuring grid quality and for detecting and monitoring dynamic grid states.

As a part of a 2013, six year commitment between Doosan and the General Department of Sport to help train the Vietnamese National Archery Team, Doosan brought six award winning Korean archers to Hanoi for a nine day training camp that began on the 27th November 2015.

Ho Chi Minh City, 31st March 2023 - The HSS Restoration Asia Group (HSS), which specializes in restoring the performance of air preheaters (APH) and gas-gas heaters (GGH), is looking to secure a more substantial footprint in Vietnam, with the establishment of HSS Restoration Asia Co., Ltd, now under 49% Vietnamese ownership.

Doosan Vina recently sent 2,100 tons of components for two 300 MW Heat Recovery Steam Generators to the Salem Harbour Combined-Cycle Gas Turbine Power Plant in the US state of Massachusetts.

Scientists from the Vietnam Science and Technology Academy have confirmed that they can make iron from red mud, the waste created during alumina production.

Over the past five years of implementation of the Buy Vietnamese Goods campaign, the Vietnam National Coal-Mineral Industries Holding Corporation Limited (Vinacomin) has boosted production of competitive quality products along with enhanced use of domestic products comparable to imported alternatives in terms of quality and price.