From 22 to 29 November 2019, the Evaluation Team of the Project "Promotion of Non-Fired Brick Production and Utilization in Viet Nam" paid a working visit to non-fired brick (NFB) production businesses which are demonstration and replication models of the Project to evaluate the results, impacts and lessons learned from technical assistance to these models.
On 12 December 2019 in Ha Noi, the Viet Nam Association for Building Materials (VABM) in collaboration with the Promotion of Non-Fired Brick Production and Utilization in Viet Nam Project Management Unit organized the Building Material Forum (BMF2019) with the theme “Honouring best practices in production and utilization of non-fired building materials - Green materials for green life”. The Forum was conducted with the guidance and sponsorship of the Ministry of Construction, Ministry of Science and Technology, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Viet Nam.
In the framework of training courses to provide knowledge of utilization of non-fired bricks to stakeholders, the training course on "Construction & acceptance of construction works using non-fired bricks” took place on 26 September 2019 in Ho Chi Minh City. Attending the training course were Mr. Pham Van Bac, Director General of Department of Construction Materials - Ministry of Construction; Mr. Le Tran Kien, Deputy Director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Construction; representatives of Project Management Board; lecturers from Viet Nam Institute for Building Science and Technology - Ministry of Construction and Experts of Viglacera Corporation.
In the framework of the activities of the Project "Promotion ofnon-fired brick production and utilization in Viet Nam," on 14 September 2019 at Viglacera Autoclaved Aerated Concrete JSC, Bac Ninh, a working session between the Project Management Board, Viglacera Company, ConsultantTeam of Ha Noi University of Science and Technology and National University of Civil Engineering took place to report the results of technical consultancy activity on "Improving the efficiency of production and energy use forViglacera Autoclaved Aerated Concrete Brick Plant, Bac Ninh”.
In order to better understand the state of non-fired brick (NFB) production and utilization to propose some promotion solutions, from 23 - 25 July 2019, the Consultant Team of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) led by Mrs. Maranda Bennett - International NFB specialist as Team Leader paid working visits to some NFB manufacturing enterprises in Ha Noi, Bac Ninh and Ha Nam. This is an important activity within the framework of the Project "Promotion of non-fired brick production and utilization in Viet Nam", contributing to the preparation of the Strategy on NFB market development.
On 5 April 2019 in Hai Phong city, Ms. Valerie Cliff - Deputy Regional Director of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Asia and the Pacific and Ms. Caitlin Wiesen - Resident Representative a.i. of UNDP Viet Nam had a meeting with Thanh Phuc Mechanical and Construction Material Joint Stock Company (Beneficiary of the results from the Project’s support) and Project’s partners.
In order to ensure the quality of construction works, the HCM City People's Committee has assigned the Department of Construction to propose the Ministry of Construction issuing technical standard guidelines on non-fired building materials.
20th March 2018 in Hanoi, The Promotion of Non-Fired Brick (NFB) Production and Utilization in Vietnam Project has organized a workshop on "Policy formulation and propose new standards to promote domestic manufacturing and to encourage utilization of domestic NFB equipment". The workshop aimed to collect wide contributions from experts and participants on assessment of current domestic NFB equipment production manufacturers’ capacity; to evaluate current status of mechanisms and to propose new standards or supplement, amend standards related to non-fired brick production.