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On the morning of December 19, Hoa Phat Group held the Groundbreaking Ceremony of Hoa Phat Dung Quat Special Steel and Rail Manufacturing Factory Project. It is expected that the factory will produce high-speed rail and shaped steel products in 2027, ready to supply key railway projects. Hoa Phat Group held the Groundbreaking Ceremony of Hoa Phat Dung Quat Special Steel and Rail Manufacturing Factory Project. The ceremony was attended by Minister Head of the Government Office Tran Van Son; Ms. Bui Thi Quynh Van, Deputy Head of the Central Organizing Committee; Mr. Ho Van Nien, Secretary of Quang Ngai Provincial Party Committee; Mr. Nguyen Hoang Giang, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Peoples Committee of Quang Ngai province. Minister Head of the Government Office Tran Van Son attended the Groundbreaking Ceremony of Hoa Phat Dung Quat Special Steel and Rail Manufacturing Factory Project. Breakthrough technology project. Hoa Phat Dung Quat Special Steel and Rail Manufacturing Factory Project has a design capacity of 700,000 tons/year, total investment of more than 10,000 billion VND, deployed on an area of nearly 15 hectares in the Eastern Industrial Park of Dung Quat Economic Zone. Mr. Nguyen Hoang Giang, Chairman of the Peoples Committee of Quang Ngai province, assessed that Hoa Phats project is in line with the industrial development orientation of the province and the whole country, contributing to meeting the needs of transport infrastructure development and reducing import costs. Over 9 years of implementation in Quang Ngai, Hoa Phat has been granted an investment policy for 7 projects in Dung Quat with a total capital of more than 185,000 billion VND. The projects have greatly contributed to the provincial budget, solving employment needs and Implement social security well, Mr. Giang said. Perspective of Hoa Phat Dung Quat special steel and rail manufacturing factory project. The factory is invested in the most modern technology line in the world today from SMS Group (Germany) and Primetals (UK). This is Europes leading modern line, using a super flexible four-axis rolling rack system with high precision, helping to ensure consistent quality according to international high-speed railway standards. The factorys high-tech steel products include: high-speed railway rails, urban railway steel rails, crane rails. In addition, the factory also produces U, I, H, V shaped steel lines and many other special steels. The first high-speed rail product is expected to launch in 2027, helping Hoa Phat become the first and only enterprise in Southeast Asia to produce this type of steel. With the advantage of making steel from low-impurity iron ore, the steel rails Hoa Phat produces reach a length of up to 100m, straightness, high flatness, and outstanding rail hardness. Hoa Phat controls rail geometry accurately with laser equipment and ultrasonic internal defects to ensure perfect steel rail quality before bringing it to market. The product complies with the worlds most stringent standards, including EN 3674 (Europe), JIS E1120 (Japan) and TB/T2344 (China), meeting strict technical requirements in the transportation and heavy industry industries. Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hoa Phat Group Tran Dinh Long attended the ceremony. Joining hands to create a railway industry owned by Vietnamese people. Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hoa Phat Group Tran Dinh Long said that Hoa Phat Group focuses on promoting the production of high-quality steel lines, special steel, including high-speed railway rail steel to contribute to mastering technology and developing Vietnams railway industry in the near future.Day December 12, 2025, the Government issued Decree 319/ND-CP on specific mechanisms, especially on science and technology for national key projects in the railway sector. This is a very timely Decree aimed at developing the railway industry towards technological autonomy, creating conditions for domestic enterprises to participate in key projects. In particular, Hoa Phat actively participates in providing high-quality rail and steel products for the project. Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Mai Van Ha, Director of Hoa Phat Dung Quat Special Steel and Ray Joint Stock Company said: Decree 319 creates a once-in-a-generation opportunity to build a Vietnamese-owned railway industry, creating conditions for domestic enterprises to participate in the countrys major projects. Hoa Phat Group commits to the Government to implement the project on schedule, serve key ongoing railway projects and provide quality products at competitive prices. All main equipment is manufactured in Germany with a strict and synchronous quality control system, ensuring that it meets the requirements to produce rails for high-speed railways in Vietnam and around the world. In May 2025, Hoa Phat Group signed a contract with partner SMS Group (Germany) to provide technology and production lines for steel rails and shaped steel. SMS Group designs, supplies and installs steel rail and special steel production lines for Hoa Phat. The line includes main equipment such as: Billet furnace, rough rolling rack, multi-function reversible rolling rack; Laser scanning system detects surface errors and product profiles automatically; Non-destructive steel quality control system (NDT); Synchronous rail head quenching and rail hole drilling system. All main equipment is manufactured in Germany with a strict quality control systemand synchronously, ensuring requirements to produce rails to serve high-speed railways in Vietnam and around the world. In parallel with technology investment, Hoa Phat has prepared human resources to receive technology transfer and operation. The Group has built a team of managers, technology engineers and core operating personnel. Personnel have been sent to Europe and many countries with developed high-speed rail industries for in-depth training and to work directly with SMS Grou
