The Ministry of Construction has passed a circular governing the minimum proportion of unbaked brick used in buildings, aiming to boost the production and consumption of green building materials.
Under the circular which takes effect next month, over the next three years, unbaked bricks should account for at least 30 per cent of bricks for buildings with nine floors or more, rising to 50 per cent in the following years.
Any State-funded construction in centrally-run cities will be built entirely from unbaked bricks.
President of the Viet Nam Association for Building Materials Tran Van Huynh said that the use of unbaked bricks could reduce the area of agricultural land used for clay exploitation, thus helping ensure food security.
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