Vietnam: Cement sales in Vietnam jumped by 16% year-on-year to 64.46Mt in the first 11 months of 2014, fulfilling the government's full-year target, according to its own data. Of the sum 46.16Mt were sold to the domestic market, an 8% year-on-year rise and meeting 94% of the year's plan. 18.30Mt were exports, a year-on-year rise of 43%, 22% higher than the year's target.
In November 2014, Vietnam's cement sales rose by 1% year-on-year to 6.2Mt, including 4.52Mt of domestic sales, up by 3% month-on-month and 25% year-on-year and cement exports dropped by 50% month-on-month and by 35% year-on-year to 1.5Mt.
The country is expected to put into operation four cement plants including Cong Thanh, Dong Lam, Thach My and Trung Son with a combined capacity of 7.5Mt in 2014, raising the country's total