(EnergyAsia, January 14 2011, Friday) — State oil and gas company PetroVietnam said it will soon start construction of a US$1.2 billion 1,200-megawatt coal-fired power plant in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang. Petrovietnam has awarded the contract to build the Long Phu 1 plant to subsidiary Petrovietnam Technical Services Corp. Comprising two generators,…