Telegram on strengthening management solutions and stabilizing construction material prices

The Prime Minister telegraphed to the Ministers of Public Security, Construction, Agriculture and Environment, Industry and Trade; and Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities.

Currently, key transport infrastructure projects are being simultaneously deployed and accelerated; many civil works, people's houses, housing projects, real estate in many localities are also being built, contributing to promoting the country's socio -economic development, determined to complete the 8% growth target in 2025, creating momentum, creating position, creating force for the 2026-2030 period to grow at double digits.

The Government and the Prime Minister have given many strong instructions to ministries, branches and localities to focus on ensuring the supply of construction materials, especially for key national infrastructure projects.

However, recently, the prices of some construction materials, especially sand, gravel, stone, bricks, leveling materials, roadbed materials... have increased abnormally, directly affecting construction costs and construction progress.

The main reasons are the emergence of factors affecting the supply and demand of the construction materials market, delays and congestion in licensing the exploitation of sand, gravel and construction stones, speculation, hoarding, price gouging and signs of manipulation and market disruption of construction materials.

In order to promptly rectify, handle, and overcome limitations, stabilize construction material prices and ensure the construction progress of key national projects, as well as meet the construction needs of civil works, people's housing, housing projects, real estate, the Prime Minister requested: The Minister of Construction to urge and closely coordinate with localities to regularly monitor and grasp market developments and fluctuations in construction material prices in the market to proactively have timely and effective solutions to reduce prices, especially construction materials, sand, stone, gravel, bricks, leveling materials, roadbed materials...; in cases beyond authority, immediately report to competent authorities for timely and effective consideration and decision.

Urgently review, direct and guide localities to review, evaluate and synthesize the demand for construction materials in the area; coordinate with the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment to guide and direct localities to plan and identify mines, supply sources, capacity and supply capacity to ensure balance of supply and demand, promptly handle difficulties and problems, especially local shortages in each area, locality and nationwide, to be completed before June 20.

Strengthen guidance for localities to promptly update and publish construction material prices and construction price indexes in their management areas, ensuring accurate reflection of material price constituent costs and conformity with market price levels.

Inspect and urgently urge construction material enterprises to reduce production costs, save energy, invest in depth, innovate technology, use alternative materials, develop improved materials, alternative materials, and reduce product costs.

Actively direct and urge the promotion of production and use of unburnt construction materials to replace burnt clay bricks, effectively use agricultural land resources, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and environmental pollution in accordance with Decision No. 2171/QD-TTg dated December 23, 2021 of the Prime Minister approving the Program for development of unburnt construction materials in Vietnam until 2030, in which, by the end of 2025, the replacement rate will be 35-40%, reducing CO2 emissions by over 2.5 million tons/year.

The Minister of Agriculture and Environment shall urgently complete and submit for promulgation in a shortened form the Decree detailing a number of articles and measures for implementing the Law on Geology and Minerals before July 1, focusing on thoroughly decentralizing and delegating power according to Conclusion No. 115-KL/TW of the Politburo and Secretariat; minimizing administrative procedures and business conditions in granting licenses for mineral exploitation, especially common minerals used as construction materials, promptly solving urgent problems in the supply of sand, gravel, stone, materials for leveling and road construction, etc.

Urgently review and immediately cut down administrative procedures on land, assess environmental impacts related to mineral exploitation, ensure the target of cutting at least 30% of time and cost of implementing administrative procedures, business conditions of 515 related administrative procedures and 859 business conditions under the management of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, to be completed before June 15 (urged many times); direct competent agencies to speed up progress, immediately resolve dossiers of granting licenses for exploration and exploitation of minerals for construction materials to ensure a stable, continuous, smooth source of raw materials for production and avoid congestion due to cumbersome, overlapping, and bureaucratic administrative procedures in handling.

Urgently amend and supplement legal regulations in the direction of expanding the subjects and scope of projects licensed to exploit Group IV minerals directly to mining contractors; resolutely cut down on intermediary stages that cause negative corruption; minerals used as construction materials and landfill in the Mekong Delta region are subject to similar regulations for Group IV minerals, to be completed before June 20.

Direct and guide localities to plan, survey, evaluate mine quality and reserves, reclaim land to license additional mines, adjust mining capacity to ensure balance of supply and demand, and provide enough construction materials in the area, to be completed before June 20.

Strengthen inspection and supervision of mining activities of licensed material mines, auction of mineral exploitation rights to ensure transparency and fair access for all economic sectors and participating enterprises, fight against local and local group interests, prevent speculation, hoarding, price gouging, and manipulation of the construction materials market.

Step up the investigation and assessment of resources of construction material mines and sea sand. The Minister of Industry and Trade directs market management agencies to strengthen inspection, promptly detect and handle acts of speculation, hoarding, and unreasonable price increases of construction materials; thoroughly handle construction materials of unknown origin, counterfeit goods, fake goods, and poor quality goods.

The Ministry of Public Security shall preside over and coordinate with relevant agencies to investigate and strictly handle organizations and individuals who manipulate the market, speculate for profit in the production and trading of construction materials, and cover up, protect, corrupt, and ignore violations that recur without thoroughly handling them.

The Government Inspectorate urgently identifies and immediately conducts inspections of common construction material supply sources in key areas and strictly handles violations according to the law.

Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities urgently review, evaluate, and synthesize the demand for construction materials in the area; plan and identify mines, supply sources, capacity, and supply capacity; speed up the granting of mining licenses, extensions, and adjustments of mining capacity, and hand over mines directly to contractors for projects with shortages and important national projects... to ensure supply-demand balance, promptly handle local shortages in each area and locality, and complete before June 20.

Strengthen inspection, supervision, monitoring, urging, closely following developments in the construction market, proactively taking solutions within authority, promptly reporting to competent authorities for direction and handling of issues beyond authority; control price declaration and posting according to regulations, ensuring publicity and transparency of information on construction material prices in the area, avoiding the phenomenon of "speculation and price inflation."

Timely update and publish construction material prices and construction price indexes to ensure accurate reflection of material price components and conformity with market price levels.

For materials with unusual fluctuations, announcements should be made monthly, or earlier when necessary, and urgent cases should be handled immediately.

Prioritize ensuring construction material sources for important, key national projects, construction projects that must be completed early, and urgent civil works.

Actively and proactively inspect the reality, strictly handle violations in the exploitation, transportation, and trading of construction materials, violations in licensing, exploitation, and trading of construction materials; resolve to eliminate illegal gathering and trading of construction materials.

The Chairman of the People's Committee of a province or city shall be responsible to the Prime Minister if violations recur, if they fail to handle them thoroughly, or if they lack a sense of responsibility in inspection and supervision, and if they are not resolute and decisive in their management.

Strengthen support, encouragement and attraction of enterprises to produce and use artificial sand, process and wash sea sand to make construction sand, treat waste to make construction materials and new materials to contribute to boosting supply and consumption, stabilizing prices of construction materials in the area and stabilizing the construction materials market of the whole country.

Encourage, replicate innovation and effectively manage conventional construction materials production and business models.

The Prime Minister assigned Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha to directly direct, inspect, urge and handle arising issues within his authority. In case of exceeding his authority, he must report to the Prime Minister. The Government Office shall promptly and regularly urge and promote ministries, agencies and localities to carry out the tasks assigned in this Official Dispatch./.

According to VNA

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