Deputy PM: Coal sector must focus on labour safety

Ensuring labour safety is the responsibility of not only each worker but also each production team in order to minimise accidents in coal exploitation.
Ensuring labour safety is the responsibility of not only each worker but also each production team in order to minimise accidents in coal exploitation.

So said Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai at the Vietnam Coal and Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin)’s conference to review work in 2009 and implement tasks for 2010 in Hanoi on January 23.

Deputy PM Hai also asked the group to boost coal production serving domestic demand and exports as well as ensure energy balance.

Vietnam ’s coal demand is estimated at 200 million tonnes by 2020 and over 300 million tonnes by 2025, said Hai, who entrusted Vinacomin to build a long-term production plan to produce 100 million tonnes of coal in 2020.

Vinacomin targets total revenues of 62.3 trillion VND, up 8 percent against last year, profits of 3.5 trillion VND and workers’ average income of 5.6 million VND per head per month./.

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