Australian deal to sell brown coal to Vietnam

Environmentalists have reacted angrily to a new deal for Australia to sell brown coal to Vietnam. The deal, worth 400 million Australian dollars, has been formailised by Trade minister, Simon Crean and a Vietnamese trade delegation in Melbourne. It will help create jobs in Australia and provide a boost to Vietnam’s struggling electricity sector. But environmentalists say the deal should be stopped.

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