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Tình hình sản xuất và tiêu thụ than trong những năm gần đây gặp nhiều biến động, có lúc nhu cầu giảm như giai đoạn 2012-2017 khiến tồn kho lớn; có lúc lại tăng cao như hiện nay. Phóng viên Báo Công Thương đã có cuộc trao đổi với ông Nguyễn Văn Biên – Phó Tổng biên tập Tạp chí Công nghiệp Mỏ (Hội Khoa học và Công nghệ mỏ Việt Nam), người có nhiều kinh nghiệm trong nghiên cứu thị trường than - xung quanh vấn đề điều hành sản xuất và tiêu thụ than theo hướng nào để đạt hiệu quả.

(VEN) - The Vietnam plastics industry has seen high growth of 14-15 percent per year. In 2017, total export value of the Vietnamese plastics industry reached over US$3 billion, an increase of 17.6 percent compared to the previous year, with the main markets being Japan, the US, the Republic of Korea, China and Southeast Asian countries. Currently, a series of big names of the Vietnamese plastics industry are facing mergers and acquisitions (M&A), forcing them to seek the most appropriate way to develop.

Hiệp hội Thép Việt Nam (VSA) mới đưa ra kiến nghị TP. Đà Nẵng sớm ban hành quyết định chính thức về việc dừng hoạt động và di dời 2 nhà máy thép DANA - Ý và DANA - Úc tại xã Hòa Liên, huyện Hòa Vang.

The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) has said that the group is completing procedures to withdraw its capital from five joint stock companies.

A series of trade agreements on exploiting the Sao Vang-Dai Nguyet gas field was inked between the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) and its partners in Hanoi on July 31.

The Hanoi municipal Department of Industry and Trade launched a handicraft design competition, with the theme “Handicraft products associated with the development of craft villages and tourism in Hanoi", in Hanoi, on August 15.

Vietnam shipped 200,000 tonnes of petroleum in July, raising the total volume of exported petrol in the first seven months of 2018 to 1.8 million tonnes, bringing in US$1.14 billion.

The Thi Vai LNG terminal, Vietnam’s first regasification facility, could begin operations in late 2020.

Vietnam could face the risk of power shortages in the early years of the 2020-2030 period, an industry official warned at the annual Vietnam Energy Forum held on August 9.

The government has rejected a proposal by two ministries to extend pricing incentives for solar power projects in Ninh Thuan Province.

(VEN) - The Thua Thien Hue Industry Promotion and Development Consultancy Center is accelerating the implementation of various programs and projects in order to fulfill the province’s industry promotion plan for 2018.

Further stepping up the application of energy efficient technologies while mastering new energy sources, such as wind and solar power, are key solutions to the energy issue in Vietnam, an official has said.

The Vinh Tan 1 thermal power plant’s second turbine is now in the stage of trial run and is expected to start commercial operation by the end of this year, six months ahead of schedule.

More than 2 trillion VND (US$86.2 million), or 40-50 percent of the budget of the southernmost province of Ca Mau, is contributed by the Ca Mau Gas-Power-Fertiliser Complex each year, a recent meeting heard.

(VEN) - With favorable natural conditions, Vietnam has great potential for the development of renewable energy, such as solar energy and wind power. However, this development is facing some major challenges.

The People’s Committee of the northern province of Hai Duong recently granted approval for the investment of a waste-to-electricity plant in Luong Dien commune, Cam Giang district.

(VEN) - The Vietnam Manufacturing Expo (VME) 2018 will showcase new technologies and manufacturing solutions when it takes place in Hanoi from August 8 to 10, as part of an event on promoting the growth of Vietnam’s manufacturing industry with the new concept on an intelligent factory.  

The PetroVietnam Exploration Production Corporation (PVEP) is taking a serious of measures to realise its set target of extracting 4.06 million tonnes of oil equivalent in 2018. 

(VEN) - With annual export revenues of almost US$2 billion and a high local content, the fine art and handicraft industry is contributing significantly to the country’s economic development, especially to employment in rural areas. However, Vietnam needs to adopt additional measures if it is to increase the revenues and make its fine art and handicraft articles recognized in foreign markets.

Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking (SG) of Singapore is particularly interested in sponsoring thermoelectric projects invested by the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam), an official from the bank said on July 19.