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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.

According to information from Vietnam Coal and Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin): on August 1, 2019, in Hanoi,  took place a working meeting between leaderships of Vinacomin and Xcoal (USA) to specifically discuss about  the prospects of coal import directly from the US to Vietnam and promoting cooperation between Vinacomin and US businesses.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), the United Kingdom (UK), the Dragon Capital Group (DCG) and the Energy Conservation Center (ECC), Ho Chi Minh City have announced a program on supporting Vietnam's businesses in solar power development.

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.

In the framework of the official visit to the United States, on July 8, 2015 afternoon, at the US Chamber of Commerce, the General Secretary of the  Vietnamese Communist Party Nguyen Phu Trong witnessed a ceremony for signing several important documents on cooperation between Vietnam and US enterprises, including the agreement on cooperation between PetroVietnam and US Murphy Oil.

Authorized by Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and President of the United States Barack Obama , on May 5th 2014, the Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Quan and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Vietnam David Shear have officially signed a cooperation agreement between the two countries on the peaceful use of nuclear energy (123 Agreement).

According to information from the Ministry of Industry and Trade, American multinational oil and gas corporation (Exxon Mobil) and PetroVietnam (PVN) are seeking a location with area of about 200ha for developing a 4000-5000MW power plant and a gas processing plant, among that, for the first phase, an area of 100ha will be used for 1500 MW power plant. Total investment of this super project estimates up to USD 20 billion.

At the Conference of the Prime Minister with the Businesses on May 9, 2020 in Hanoi, Mr. Vu Tu Thanh - Deputy Director of the US-ASEAN Business Council informed that the USA has founded an International Financial Development Agency (DFC) with a fund of over $100 billion and more increasing for   supporting the partners of the US businesses. It is a very good opportunity for Vietnam energy businesses to borrow capital to import LNG and energy equipment from USA for developing Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) LNG fired plants.

The Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Tran Hong Ha and Mr. Graham Stuart - Secretary of State in charge of Energy Security and Carbon Neutrality (Net Zero) of the United Kingdom have agreed to promote a number of specific renewable energy projects with the participation of leading enterprises of the two countries, as a basis for exchanging and sharing experiences of the two sides in a substantive and effective way.