Non-fired bricks to be promoted

Increasing the use of non-fired building materials is a trend in many countries, including Việt Nam.

Ash, cinder bricks could replace clay

A number of enterprises have struggled to recycle ash and cinders from thermal power plants in order to manufacture non-fired adobe brick and non-flammable construction materials.

Non-fired bricks lack standard

Việt Nam lacks control over non-fired brick quality despite the large number of such bricks produced in the country over the last five year, the Ministry of Construction said.

Trouble for non-fired brick firms

The demand for construction materials in the country is estimated to touch 30 to 33 billion bricks by 2020. Non-fired materials will account for 30 to 40 per cent of these bricks.

 

Use of non-fired bricks promoted A conference was held in Ha Noi on Friday to launch a project on the promotion of non-fired brick production and utilisation in Viet Nam.

Project helps promote non-fired brick usage The Prime Minister has approved a project to promote non-fired brick (NFB) production and utilisation.