Nearly 17.1 GW of Vietnam’s future coal plants will be delayed or cancelled, according to the country’s eighth National Power Plan. Projects amounting to 7.6 GW are to be delayed past 2030 or 2035, while projects amounting to 9.5 GW are to be cancelled entirely. These projects, which were due to come online between 2026 and 2030, account for half of Vietnam’s stated coal pipeline. It would be no great surprise if the delayed projects are also scrapped at that point, as the economics will have changed in 10 years’ time and as the energy transition accelerates economies away from fossil fuels. These delayed or cancelled projects were to have come online during 2026 to 2030, and made up half…