Workshop on sustainable development of Vietnam's cement industry

Vietnam Cement Association in collaboration with Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions (Vietnam) organized a workshop on sustainable development of Vietnam's cement industry on July 21^st.

Deputy Minister Nguyen Van Sinh spoke at the Workshop.

Speaking to open the Workshop, Deputy Minister of Construction Nguyen Van Sinh said that: “Vietnam currently has 84 cement production lines with a total designed capacity of 101 million tons / year. The production capacity of Vietnam's cement industry has met the domestic demand and exported to the international market. However, besides many modern technology lines and large capacities, the cement industry also has many small-scale production lines, outdated technologies, low competitiveness causing waste of resources and influence to environment.

Facing the requirement of sustainable development of Vietnam's cement industry and meeting the country’s socio-economic development requirements, the Government and the Prime Minister have assigned the MoC to formulate a Vietnam’s construction materials development strategy in the 2021-2030 periods, with orientations to 2050, with the main viewpoints: Sustainable development of construction materials industry; applying new science and technology in the production of construction materials; saving mineral resources and energy; reducing greenhouse gas; combining the production of construction materials with recycling, reusing industrial and agricultural wastes; protecting environment; promoting the production of construction materials of high economic value; improving the competitiveness of construction materials products in the domestic and international market; promoting and encouraging all economic sectors to participate in the production of construction materials.

In cement field, it is recommend to invest in a new cement clinker factory with a capacity of 5000 tons/ days or more, attaching to raw materials areas, meeting full range of technology and environment indicators. Existing cement plants with outdated technology, equipment, low capacity, high consumption of raw materials, fuels and energy were encouraged to invest in new technology aiming to improve productivity and product quality, energy saving and environmental protection.

Deputy Minister Nguyen Van Sinh welcomed Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions and Vietnam Cement Association to jointly organize a workshop on sustainable development of Vietnam's cement industry, and wanted the participants to actively exchange, discuss, cooperate, transfer and apply advanced cement production technology of Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions and the Federal Republic of Germany in sustainable developing Vietnam’s cement industry.

Deputy Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Vietnam Weert Börner spoke at the Workshop

Speaking at the conference, Deputy Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Vietnam Weert Börner highly appreciated the cooperation between Germany and Vietnam over the years, and said that advanced technology solutions submitted at the seminar would be very helpful for Vietnamese cement enterprises in the process of renewing, perfecting technologies and boosting production and business as required by the strategy of developing Vietnamese construction materials in the period 2021-2030, orientation to 2050.

At the workshop, General Director of Thyssenkrupp Group in charge of Asia Pacific cement market in Hanoi (Thyssenkrupp moved its headquarters from Singapore to Hanoi) presented the Overview of Thyssenkrupp's vision in turning Vietnamese cement from "gray" to "green". In addition, 10 presentations mentioned the latest and most advanced solutions were presented by the speakers in detail of technology, equipment, operating procedures and the obtained results.

The whole Workshop

Through the workshop, Thyssenkrupp wants to send the message of commitment to stand side by side with Vietnamese cement in gradually develop towards sustainability, bringing Vietnamese cement from "gray" to "green".