Prime Minister chairs conference to promote construction materials production

On the morning of June 15, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired an online conference on removing difficulties and promoting production and consumption of cement, steel and construction materials.

In his opening speech, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh stated that cement, steel, and construction materials are essential materials for building technical infrastructure, civil and industrial works, airports, ports, defense and security works, urban and rural infrastructure systems, etc.

Sustainable development of the cement, steel and construction materials industry in our country is one of the extremely important issues, always receiving attention from the Government and the Prime Minister. There have been many policies and strategies to promote development to meet domestic consumption and export needs.

The Prime Minister chaired an online conference on removing difficulties and promoting production and consumption of cement, steel and construction materials.

With the policies of the Government and the Prime Minister, the participation of all levels, sectors and localities; the participation in investment in production and business of enterprises, the cement, steel and construction materials industry has had remarkable development in the past 10 years.

Of which, cement has been invested with a total capacity of 122 million tons/year, ranking among the top in the world. The total estimated investment at current value is up to 500 trillion VND (equivalent to 20 billion USD).

The investment in ceramic tiles has total capacity of 831 million m2/year. The total investment is estimated at current value of about 100,000 billion VND (equivalent to 4 billion USD).

Sanitary ware has been invested with a total capacity of 26 million products/year. The total investment is estimated at current value of about 25,000 billion VND (equivalent to 1 billion USD).

Glass has been invested with a total capacity of 5,900 tons of glass/day (equivalent to 331 million m2 of glass/year), ranking among the top 5 countries with the largest output in Southeast Asia. The total investment is estimated at current value at about 50 trillion VND (equivalent to 2 billion USD).

The investment in unburnt building materials has reached a total capacity of 12 billion bricks/year (standard bricks). The total estimated investment at current value is about 12.5 trillion VND (equivalent to 500 million USD).

The steel industry (2011-2022 period) has a high growth rate (average of 14.25%). Steel output in 2022 increased 5 times compared to 2011. Especially in the 2016-2022 period, the steel industry achieved a very high growth rate with an average of 27.11%/year.

However, in recent years, due to the impact of many unfavorable factors at home and abroad, along with the fact that the real estate market has not recovered, the production of cement, steel and construction materials has declined.

Of which, the total production output of cement and clinker in 2023 will only reach 92.9 million tons, the average operating line of the whole industry will only reach 75% of the total design capacity. The total consumption output in 2023 will reach 87.8 million tons, equal to 88% compared to 2022.

In 2023, construction steel production will reach 10.655 million tons (down 12.2% compared to 2022), consumption will reach 10.905 million tons (down 11.2% compared to 2022).

The Prime Minister asked delegates to exchange, discuss and share in a spirit of frankness and responsibility.

Faced with the prolonged situation of the above difficulties and the lack of breakthrough solutions to overcome them, the Prime Minister requested the Government Office and relevant agencies to organize a conference to assess and consider the causes, find solutions to remove difficulties and obstacles to promote the production and consumption of cement, steel and construction materials in the coming time, especially to promote the supply for public investment projects, social housing, the national target program on new rural construction and other important projects.

The Prime Minister requested delegates to exchange, discuss and share in a frank and responsible spirit, focusing on assessing and thoroughly analyzing the production and consumption of cement, steel and construction materials in recent times; identifying difficulties and challenges, such as production, domestic consumption, export and finance; proposing key and breakthrough tasks and solutions, specific roles and responsibilities of all levels and sectors in resolving bottlenecks to remove difficulties and obstacles, in order to promote production, consumption and sustainable development of the cement, steel and construction materials industry in Vietnam .

Source: https://www.nguoiduatin.vn/thu-tuong-chu-tri-hoi-nghi-thuc-day-san-xuat-vat-lieu-xay-dung-a668464.html