The plan showed Vietnam would double its power generation capacity to more than 150 gigawatts by 2030 from 69 gigawatts at the end of 2020.

Vietnam's coal output in the January-April period fell 1.9 percent from a year ago to 16.6 million tons, according to the General Statistics Office.

China's Shanxi sees 67.1% growth in trade with ASEAN in Q1.

Market participants say this would be feasible for the province because it is rich in coal and iron ore resources.

After almost 52 years of operation, the Liddell Power Station, located in the Australian state of New South Wales(NSW), was powered down on Friday.

The country's hard coal consumption jumped by 19 percent and 10 percent, respectively, in 2021 and 2022.

Renewable energy use, low season, curbs on inflows, green drive factors.

China's raw coal output posted stable expansion in March, official data showed.