Vietnam exported more than 5.7 million tonnes of steel products in the first nine months of 2021.

Its major markets included the US, European and Southeast Asian nations.

Vietnam's leading industrial manufacturing group Hoa Phat recorded the highest ever after-tax profit in a quarter at 10.3 trillion VND (453 million USD) in the third quarter of this year.

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The goal was announced by Lin Wu, secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Shanxi Provincial Committee during a provincial Party congress.

China is becoming less reliant on coal, with the proportion of coal consumption declining significantly to address pollution and climate change caused by fossil-fuel combustion.