VietNamNet Bridge –The HCM City People's Committee has approved a plan that targets eliminating all building-materials production establishments that use outdated technology, pollute the environment and operate ineffectively.

Under the plan, the city will shut down all traditional kilns that produce clay bricks and clay roof tiles this year.

By 2020, the city will ensure that all cement factories, cement-grinding stations and cement-mixing stations in the city are moved into zoned areas or in industrial parks.

The city will not develop new cement factories, cement-grinding stations and cement-mixing stations or expand the operation scale of existing ones.

The plan also bans the exploitation of construction sand in the city and encourages enterprises to cooperate with neighbouring provinces to exploit sand and rock mines in their localities.

The city has encouraged enterprises to invest in non-baked brick plants, which must be located in industrial parks.

The city plans to develop lightweight building materials to replace traditional clay bricks.

In producing roofing sheets, the city will develop production of metal sheets, plastic sheets and fibre sheets.

The plan also targets that the city will become the country's largest centre for transactions and exhibitions of construction materials.

VietNamNet/Viet Nam News