HANOI, Oct 15 (Reuters) – Vietnam may double the amount of coal-fired electric generation it installs by 2030 under a draft power development plan submitted to the prime minister for approval this week.

HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam’s coal and crude oil imports surged in the first ten months of this year, government data released on Tuesday showed, highlighting the Southeast Asian country’s increasing reliance on imported energy to support its fast-growing economy. Vietnam has one of the fastest-growing economies in Asia, backed by robust exports and foreign investment. […]

HANOI, March 10 (Xinhua) — Vietnam will ramp up the use of coal and gas sources and mobilize renewable sources to ensure sufficient supply of electricity for the Southeast Asian country as the demand is projected to increase in 2023, local media reported on Thursday.

HANOI, Nov 27 (Reuters) – Power-hungry Vietnam, one of Asia’s fastest-growing economies and a production hub for global companies such as Samsung Electronics, needs to raise up to $150 billion by 2030 to develop its energy sector, according to a World Bank official. Vietnam has been struggling to develop its energy industry due to a […]

Singapore — Vietnam’s seaborne thermal coal traders are optimistic the country’s fossil fuel consumption will continue to rise through 2021 amid burgeoning demand for electricity production at the lowest cost, despite the funding and regulatory challenges that loom for new coal-fired power plants, market sources said Nov. 6.

HANOI (Viet Nam News/ANN)  — Vietnam imported about 23 million tonnes of coal between the beginning of the year and July 15 worth US$2.17 billion, according to the General Department of Customs. Imports rose by 108 per cent in volume and 69.5 per cent in value from the same period last year. The growth rate of import volume was higher […]

Vietnamese government data released earlier this week had depicted an upbeat portrait of the Southeast nation’s fast-growing economy, as its coal alongside crude oil imports were surged more than anticipated during the first ten months of the year, underscoring the Southeast Asian nation’s growing reliance on imported energy to back its fast-growing economy, as the […]

Vietnam’s coal imports nearly halved in May from a year earlier, as a steady rise in hydropower and renewable energy output pressured coal burn.

Vietnam imported 3.86 million mt of coal in May, comprising mainly thermal coal and coking coal, surging 57.1% from the same month in 2018, according to preliminary data released by Vietnam Customs. The import value in the month was $380 million, up 51.4% year on year. Indonesia was the biggest supplier of coal in the […]

Regulatory obstacles in Indonesia could hamper coal production in 2019 and uncertainty about China’s import policy could also curb exports, even though a number of producers have announced tentative plans to raise output in the coming year. A period of high prices that began in 2016 and lasted throughout much of 2018 on strong demand […]