Vietnam: Vietnam Cement Industry Corporation (Vicem) sold 18.5Mt of cement during the first nine months of 2022, up by 6.5% year-on-year from the same period in 2021. The producer's cement and clinker sales volumes totaled 20.9Mt during the period, 71% of its full-year 2022 target.
Vicem recorded a pretax profit of US$60.4m, up by 8.4%. Vicem aims to achieve a US$82.5m pretax profit and increase its revenues by 10% to US$1.49bn.