VietNamNet Bridge - Scientists are concerned that coal power plants would still provide 50 percent of the nation’s total electricity output in the future.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has asked for the government’s permission for the export of lump coal and dust coal in the 2016-2020 period.

VietNamNet Bridge - After Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said that Vietnam will not develop more coal hydropower plants, environmental organizations released statements lauding the decision.

VietNamNet Bridge - The fate of thermopower plants is one of the issues intensely debated among policymakers who are programming the electricity generation development. 

The Vietnam Thermal Technique Science Association has found a cost-effective solution which reduces the volume of consumed coal, reduces ashes and the greenhouse gas emissions, and improves the efficiency of the combustion chamber. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Scientists have issued warnings about the “grey sludge threat” at coal-run thermal power plants which could cause an environmental disaster.

In Kien Luong district of Kien Giang province, shrimp and fishes have all died because of the polluted water. Local people have to desert their homeland because they have no more means of subsistence.