Many construction works have used non-fired building materials

That is the information from 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” organized by 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 on 12 December 2019 in Ha Noi.

 

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. This is an event to honour and encourage best practices leading in changing the awareness of the social community about non-fired building materials (NFBMs), thereby helps promote the market development for production and utilization of NFBMs, contribute to the implementation of the Sustainable development goals and climate change targets in Viet Nam.

 

After more than 5 months of implementation with the response of businesses manufacturing equipment, producing and using NFBMs, BMF2019’s Organizing Committee has selected 51 businesses that meet the honour standards according to the Program’s regulations: 37 businesses producing NFBMs; 4 businesses manufacturing equipment, transferring technology for producing NFBMs; 5 contractors of construction works using significant NFBMs; 5 investors having construction works using significant NFBMs.

 

Mr. Le Xuan Dinh, Vice Minister of Science and Technology emphasized: The BMF2019 is a practical activity to recognize the positive and effective contributions of best practices in the production and utilization of NFBMs, contributing to the successful implementation of the Government’s NFBM development program.

 

According to Mr. Bui Pham Khanh, Vice Minister of Construction: Decision 567/QD-TTg dated 28 April 2010 on the NFBM Development Program and Decision 1686/QD-TTg dated 19 September 2014 approving the Project “Promotion of Non-Fired Brick Production and Utilization in Viet Nam” of the Prime Minister are the Government’s major policies on the sustainable development orientation of Viet Nam’s building material sector.

 

Although there are still difficulties and obstacles, in the past 10 years, Program 567 has made important achievements, NFBMs have been used in many construction works, the market share of NFBMs has increased significantly, the social community has paid attention with awareness changes in production and utilization of NFBMs.

 

Ms. Caitlin Wiesen, Resident Representative of UNDP Viet Nam commends the Government of Viet Nam and every stakeholder, businesses in the brick making sector for their determination, and the effort they put forth to shift the industry from coal fired polluted kilns to environmentally friendly non-fired technology. She highlighted  “Producing and using non-fired bricks is not only possible, but profitable and brings us one step further towards achieving the sustainable development goals and national climate change targets”.

 

Honoured businesses at the BMF 2019

 

Sharing more on this issue, Mr. Thai Duy Sam, Vice Chairman of the VABM said that, implementing the Program 567 and the Directive No. 10 of the Prime Minister on promoting the use of NFBMs and limiting the production and use of  clay fired bricks, in recent years, with the support of the Global Environment Facility, the United Nations Development Programme, through the Project “Promotion of Non-Fired Brick Production and Utilization in Viet Nam”, the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Construction implemented many activities such as: Improving the mechanisms and policies; technical consultancy, training, assistance, helping businesses invest and apply many advanced technologies and techniques to produce and utilize NFBM products with increasingly high quality and efficiency…

 

Talking with reporter of Industry and Trade Newspaper, Mr. Tran Duy Canh - President and CEO of Thanh Phuc Mechanical and Construction Material Joint Stock Company - One of the businesses honoured in the group of equipment manufacturing, technology transfer for NFBMs at BMF2019 said that, the organization of honouring best practices in production and utilization of NFBMs is one of the very encouraging activities, that promote businesses as well as properly evaluate the dedication of businesses in developing NFBMs. "In order to promote the use of non-fired bricks, it is necessary to increase the propaganda so that people can see the practical benefits, the multi-faceted value of non-fired bricks such as reducing environmental pollution, reducing land exploitation ..." - Mr. Tran Duy Canh said.

 

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