Red River Delta
The Red River Delta coal basin is a large coal basin located in northern Vietnam in
the Red River Delta, estimated at 210 billion tons of coal. This exploitable coal is
mainly located in Thai Binh province (accounting for nearly 90 percent, followed
by Hung Yen and Nam Dinh with 8.5 percent up 1.5 percent, respectively). Under
the tectonic and natural conditions, the entire coal basin is divided into 8
reservoirs, 3 are in Hung Yen, 4 are in Thai Binh, and 1 is in Nam Dinh. According
to the calculations of the Vietnamese authorities, the Red River coal basin has
reserves can be exploited for a few hundred more years.
Estimated coal reserves (billion tons)
250
210
200
150
Estimated coal reserves
(billion tons)
100
50
3,6
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Red River Delta
Quang Ninh Province