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in Ha Noi the Viet Nam Association for Building Materials VABM in collaboration with the Promotion of Non-Fired Brick Production and Utilization in Viet Nam Project Management Unit organized the Building Material Forum BMF2019 with the theme Honouring best practices in production and utilization of non-fired building materials - Green materials for green life. The Forum was conducted with the guidance and sponsorship of the Ministry of Construction Ministry of Science and Technology and the United Nations Development Programme UNDP in Viet Nam.Attending the Forum were Mr. Le Xuan Dinh Vice Minister of Ministry of Science and Technology Mr. Bui Pham Khanh Vice Minister of Ministry of Construction Ms. Caitlin Wiesen Resident Representative of UNDP Viet Nam Mr. Tong Van Nga Chairman of VABM representatives of line agencies departments and representatives of honoured businesses press agencies television and mass media. This is an event to honour and encourage best practices leading in changing the awareness of the social community about non-fired building materials NFBMs thereby helps promote the market development for production and utilization of NFBMs contribute to the implementation of the Sustainable development goals and climate change targets in Viet Nam.In his speech at the Forum Vice Minister of Science and Technology Le Xuan Dinh highly appreciated the organization of the Forum in recent years especially in the framework of the Project Promotion of Non-Fired Brick Production and Utilization in Viet Nam the Ministry of Science and Technology has cooperated with Ministry of Construction and UNDP Viet Nam to carry out many activities of technical consultancy training assistance helping businesses invest and apply many advanced technologies and techniques to produce and utilize NFBM products with increasingly high quality and efficiency. Mr. Le Xuan Dinh emphasized The Forum is a practical activity to recognize the positive and effective contributions of best practices in the production and utilization of NFBMs contributing to the successful implementation of the Governments NFBM development program with the objective of saving agricultural land reducing greenhouse gas emissions and minimizing environmental pollution.Sharing the same view Vice Minister of Construction Bui Pham Khanh said With the goal of developing the field of building materials in a sustainable environmentally friendly resource-saving manner a series of relevant documents and policies were issued as Decision 567QD-TTg dated 28 April 2010 on the NFBM Development Program Program 567 Directive 10CT-TTg dated 16 April 2012 on promoting the utilization of NFBMs limiting the production and utilization of fired clay bricks and the Decision 1686QD-TTg dated 19 September 2014 approving the Project Promotion of Non-Fired Brick Production and Utilization in Viet Nam of the Prime Minister these are the Governments major policies on the sustainable development orientation of Viet Nams building material sector. Although there are still difficulties and obstacles in the past 10 years Program 567 has made important achievements NFBMs have been used in many construction works the market share of NFBMs has increased significantly the social community has paid attention with awareness changes in production and utilization of NFBMs.After more than 5 months of implementation with the response of businesses manufacturing equipment producing and using NFBMs BMF2019s Organizing Committee has selected 51 businesses that meet the honour standards according to the Programs regulations in the following groups 1 Businesses producing NFBMs 2 Businesses manufacturing equipment transferring technology for producing NFBMs 3 Contractors of construction works using significant NFBMs 4 Investors having construction works using significant NFBMs.Ms. Caitlin Wiesen Resident Representative of UNDP Viet Nam commends the Government of Viet Nam and every stakeholder in the brick making sector for their determination and the effort they put forth to shift the industry from coal fired polluted kilns to environmentally friendly non-fired technology. She highlighted Producing and using non-fired bricks is not only possible but profitable and brings us one step further towards achieving the sustainable development goals and national climate change targets.At the Forum businesses also shared and exchanged innovative solutions on science and technology corporate governance difficulties obstacles and solutions in production and utilization of NFBs contributing to promoting the successful implementation of the Governments NFBM development program. According to the Chairman of VABM Tong Van Nga the presentations at the Forum together with the experience sharing of participants in the process of producing and utilizing non-fired bricks in the construction sector especially those solutions and shortcomings that need to be overcome as well as recommendations to adjust and supplement mechanisms and policies for the development of non-fired bricks in the coming time are extremely important and necessary. On behalf of the Organizing Committee of the Forum Mr. Tong Van Nga called on the business community towards green development building green construction works with green materials.
