The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and Industry 4.0 required construction firms to invest in technology to improve efficiency.

Most construction works use illegally exploited sand because legal sources can satisfy only 20 percent of total 120 million cubic meters of sand needed every year.

A new step forward has been taken in implementing the plan on sales of coal-fired thermopower ash and slag with the release of national standards on slag used for surface leveling.

China, which can churn out 2 billion tons of cement a year, is trying to restrict cement production domestically, which means a big opportunity for Vietnam to boost exports to the market. 

Vietnam has been focusing on the development of non-fired adobe brick to gradually replace clay bricks for construction. However, after nearly ten years of efforts, clay bricks remain dominant.

VietNamNet Bridge - After a period of aggressive acquisitions of troubled Vietnamese enterprises, foreign companies have begun increasing their investments in Vietnam.

It is the right time for Vietnam’s construction conglomerates to think of developing the international market, or they may lose the home market in the future because of outdated technology, lack of management skills and brain drain.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Transport has saved VND39.365 trillion from 44 projects after reviewing and making changes to these projects in accordance with Resolution 11/NQ-CP issued by the Government in 2011.

VietNamNet Bridge – The frozen real estate market is defrosting on the information about the disbursement of the VND30 trillion bailout, which has also revived the building material industry

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Government’s drastic measures for wide application of unbaked bricks, also known as lightweight concrete bricks, promise a brighter future for producers of this new type of building materials.