Four people have been killed in a collapse in a coal mine in Vietnam’s mining centre of Quang Ninh, the state-run Thanh Nien newspaper reported on Sunday.
The accident happened late on Saturday at a mine operated by Vang Danh Coal Company, a unit of Vietnam’s state coal miner Vinacomin, Thanh Nien reported. SIGN UP FOR THE ENERGY DIGEST
SIGN UPA rescue team pulled out the bodies of four miners, it said.
The newspaper did not give a reason for the collapse. In March a similar accident happened at a Vang Danh-operated mine but no one was killed.
The Southeast Asian country still largely relies on coal-fired power plants as a source of power. Vinacomin said last year that mine accidents killed at least 17 miners in the first nine months of 2022.
