Paradigm, a leading provider of enterprise software solutions and strategic consulting services to the global oil and natural gas exploration and production (E&P) industry, announces that it will collaborate with Vietnam Petroleum Institute (VPI), the leading provider of geoscientific and technological consultancy for the Vietnamese government and state-owned Petrovietnam, on geosciences consulting projects within Vietnam.
The [...]

Cavico Corporation, a leading infrastructure development company in Vietnam, today announced that Cavico Mineral Exploitation is expanding construction and exploring for additional deposits at the Thung San mine. Cavico Mineral Exploitation is an entity formed by the two wholly owned Cavico subsidiaries, Cavico Tunnel and Cavico Hydropower.
The Thung San mine, situated on 20 hectares of [...]

Alcan Inc. announced that is has opened a new Alcan International Network office in Hanoi, Vietnam. The office, composed of a local sales and marketing team, will offer Alcan and its customers expertise in metals, minerals and downstream products.
“Vietnam has shown rapid growth in recent years and is proving to be a highly attractive [...]

At 17:00 p.m. Paris time, July 3, 2007, the securities of ATI Petroleum (a member of the ATI group) were officially listed on the NYSE/Euronext. On July 6, 2007, Europe Finance et Industrie (EFI) - a European underwriter, will ensure that ATI Petroleum will trade the necessary number of initial shares at a nominal price. [...]

Cavico Corporation announced that on April 24th, 2007 it formed a partnership with Petro Vietnam, Vinalines, Petro Vietnam Insurance Co., Petro Vietnam Financial Co. and Global Petro Joint Stock Bank to invest in the expanding petroleum services and shipping industry within Vietnam.
Sao Mai - Ben Dinh will develop an economic zone consisting of ports, [...]

State-owned Vietnam National Coal & Mineral Industry Group, or Vinacomin, has signed a deal to borrow $20 million from Japan’s Mizuho Corp. Bank to expand operations, a Vinacomin official said Friday.
“This is the first time Vinacomin has borrowed from Mizuho, and (we) need the fund to buy more equipment for mining, as production is expected [...]

A northern Vietnam coal mine has collapsed, killing two miners and trapping 10 others for 13 hours, a coal company official said Wednesday.
The two miners were killed when they tapped into a pocket of water 230 feet underground, unleashing a flood that swept them through the tunnel and caused it to collapse, said Nguyen Manh [...]

The Vietnam National Coal-Mineral Industries Group and Aluminium Corp. of China Ltd. , or Chalco, will invest around $1.6 billion in mining bauxite and refining alumina, they said on Wednesday.
The two firms signed a framework agreement on the project last Thursday in Hanoi during a visit by Chinese President Hu Jintao before he attended an [...]

The Vietnam National Coal-Mineral Industries Group, the country’s top miner, has agreed to mine bauxite and produce alumina jointly with Aluminium Corp. of China Ltd , or Chalco, a company official said on Friday.
The official gave no further details, but the Vietnamese mining group, known as Vinacomin, said in September the project would cost as [...]

Vietnam has banned coal shipping in Halong Bay to reduce industrial pollution in the World Heritage-listed island seascape, industry officials said.
“We have decided to stop all coal shipping activities in Halong Bay to protect the environment, from November 1,” said Pham Trung Hung, head of the Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin).
The group [...]