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On Nov 26, in Hanoi, Vinacomin and Marubeni co-organized a seminar on introducing imported coal to Vinacomin’s customers.

The Northern Coal Trading Joint Stock Company (Vietnam National Coal – Mineral Industries Group - Vinacomin) has just received a coal bulk cargo shipment imported directly from IMI FUELS LLC (USA). This is the first shipment of coal imported from the United States to Vietnam.

The information from Vietnam coal and minerals industries corporation (Vinacomin) said: in the first months of 2019, Vinacomin (including Coalimex) imported 1.8 million tons of coal including mainly anthracite, semi-anthracite and bituminous, equal to 39% of 2019 imported plan.

According to the report of Vietnam's General Department of Customs, among 54 large import commodities in 8 months from the beginning year, there was more than 9.7 million tons of coal valued more than US$ 600 million accounting 191% by volume and 107% by value in comparison with the same period of 2015.

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.

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.