25-01-2019 16:30
At midnight on a night in early January, around 50 barges bearing number plates from northern provinces were mining sand outside of Can Gio Sea, HCM City.
19-04-2011 23:19
Vietnamfaces stiff problems to join the globally recognised Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI).
11-12-2017 14:00
Night after night, thousands of cubic metres of sand and gravel have been illegally mined from a portion of the Cầu River, causing erosion and affecting the dyke system for 200ha of agricultural land, online newspaper phapluatplus.vn reports.
07-11-2017 09:32
Though illegal sand mining is rampant in the Bảy Núi (Seven Mountains) area in the Mekong province of An Giang, provincial authorities said they are unable to catch any of the miners red-handed.
11-10-2017 17:00
Illegal road blocks, failure to follow safe mining procedures and disregard of public safety are among the violations of a mining company operating at Muong Ang District of the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien.
11-09-2017 10:16
Though bitcoins are not recognized as legal currency in Vietnam, Vietnamese are still rushing to buy computers with strong configuration to mine bitcoins, leading to a sharp increase in computer imports.
12-03-2011 08:34
Vietnam and Laos on March 10 signed a contract to cooperate in ore mining and processing in Houaphan province of Laos .
09-04-2016 16:45
Many foreign enterprises are keen on investing in the Vietnamese mining market due to the country’s huge mineral resources awaiting exploitation.
16-01-2011 08:00
The withdrawal of a permit for a controversial "mountaintop removal" coal mining operation has sparked outrage in the US industry, but was hailed as a victory for environmental protection and the health of nearby communities.
05-08-2015 15:47
All eight coal-mining companies under the Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin), listed on the two stock exchanges, have reported larger profits in the first half of 2015.
27-08-2015 08:58
A number of mining firms have raised objections against the Ministry of Finance’s recent proposal to increase taxes on key natural resources.
26-08-2014 09:14
The Ha Noi People's Committee will auction sand-mining rights in the riverbed of the Hong (Red) River in the city's Long Bien District starting in the fourth quarter of this year.
21-11-2010 15:26
A new Mineral Law has put the screws on mining enterprises in Vietnam.
08-03-2012 09:38
Around 148 companies from 29 countries and territories are attending the leading International Mining and Minerals Recovery Exhibition and Conference (Mining Vietnam 2012) which opened in Hanoi on March 7.
11-01-2012 14:16
The state-owned Vietnam National Coal-Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin), the country’s top mining company, is seeking the government’s approval to use coal as security to secure foreign loans.