Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Mining Industry in Vietnam

Vietnam is a well known country in Southeast Asia.  Apart from being a leading tourist destination of that region the country has also marked its presence felt in the industrial sector of that part of the continent. The country has   undergone a tremendous economic growth over the past few years.  Over the part twenty years the country has given much emphasis on industrialization.  As a result a number of industries have emerged in this country.  A number of these industries have also expanded so well that it can produce export quality products.  These industries have thus become an important source of revenue for the country.

The mining industry of Vietnam is also an important industry of the country.  The land  of  Vietnam  has great  natural resources. There are ample resource of natural fuels and a number of other minerals and metals. The mining industry of the country is unearthing the resources and producing  export  quality fuel, minerals and  other raw  materials. The  mining industry of   Vietnam  has a  good market of  natural  fuels  like coal  and crude  oil  in the  international market. Petroleum as well as its produces also has a good market.

The mining and quarrying was accounted for a 9.4 percent share of gross domestic product or GDP in the year 2003.  The mining sector has employed 0.7% of the total workforce of the country. The industry is generating   a fair amount of foreign revenue by exporting the minerals and produced in the international market.  Petroleum and coal are some of the main mineral exports in the country.   Antimony, bauxite, chromium, gold, iron, natural phosphates, tin, and zinc are also the other produce of the mining industry.  

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