THE PRIME MINISTER
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No. 567/QD-TTg
Hanoi, April 28, 2010
 
DECISION
APPROVING THE PROGRAM ON DEVELOPMENT OF NON-BAKED BUILDING MATERIALS THROUGH 2020
 
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the December 25, 200J Law on Organization of the Government;
At the proposal of the Minister of Construction,
 
DECIDES:
Article 1. To approve the Program on development of non-baked building materials through 2020 with the following principal contents:
1. Development viewpoints
a/ To conform to the master plan on development of building materials in Vietnam through 2020, which was approved by the Prime Minister; to satisfy the use demands of society; to efficiently use agricultural land, save energy, minimize pollution and protect the environment;
b/ To make the fullest use of discarded materials of other industries;
c/To develop production establishments with rational capacity and advanced technologies; to step by step localize the manufacture of equipment for non-baked building material production chains; to diversify product sizes to suit the practical construction of works, meeting quality requirements;
d/ To encourage all economic sectors to invest in non-baked building material production and trading.
2. Development objectives
a/ General objectives
To develop the production and use of non-baked building materials in replacement of baked clay bricks, to save agricultural land, contribute to the assurance of national food security, minimize gas emissions which cause greenhouse effects and environmental pollution, to reduce costs of treatment of discarded materials for industries, to save coal fuel and bring about overall economic efficiency for the entire society.
b/ Specific objectives
- To develop the production and the use of non-baked building materials in replacement of baked clay bricks at the rate of 20-25% by 2015 and 30-40% by 2020;
- To annually use around 15-20 million tons of industrial discarded materials (thermo-power plants' ashes, blast furnace cinder...) for the production of non-baked building materials, saving around 1,000 ha of agricultural land and hundreds of hectares of land for storage of discarded materials;
- To proceed with completely abolishing baked clay brick production establishments with manual kilns.
 
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