Coal is a fossil fuel that is, essentially, “the altered remains of prehistoric vegetation,” as the World Coal Association (WCA) puts it. However, there are a number of different coal types. SEE MORE The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecast Vietnam’s economic growth would cool to 6% this year due mainly to weaker demand on global markets and the serious impact of drought and saltwater intrusion on the country’s agriculture. SEE MORE Trading in futures on everything from steel reinforcement bars and hot-rolled coils to cotton and polyvinyl chloride has soared this week, prompting exchanges in Shanghai, Dalian and Zhengzhou to boost fees or issue warnings to investors. While the underlying products may be anything but glamorous, the numbers are eye-popping SEE MORE As emerging-market stocks and currencies trimmed the week’s advance amid mixed signals coming out of China over the health of the world’s second-largest economy, Mark Mobius said the rally has further to go. SEE MORE Vietnam posted arecord low inflationrate of 0.63 percent in 2015, but that could rise to four or five percent this year, according to the Vietnam Quarterly Macroeconomic Monitor, Quarter 1 – 2016. SEE MORE