Tunnel brick prices increase sharply

Trucks have to "line up" to wait to pick up goods at the North Atlantic Brick Factory, in Thinh Duc Commune (Thai Nguyen City).

Mr. Nguyen Van Trung, in Le Hong Phong residential area, Bach Quang ward (Song Cong city) said: My family built a house in March 2025, at that time the price of tunnel bricks at the factory was 1,100 VND/brick (excluding shipping costs), I had deposited more than 20 million VND in advance. However, at this time, the price of bricks has increased to 1,650 VND/brick, if building a project requires about 40,000-50,000 bricks, the cost will increase by 25-30 million VND. Not only that, the buyer of bricks also has to order and wait 2-3 days for them, which also affects the progress.

Mr. Ha The Hien, a civil construction contractor in Thai Nguyen City: Currently, tunnel bricks are quite scarce, homeowners cannot find a source of supply, so some projects we have to delay construction progress.

At some brick factories in the province, we found that there was almost no inventory. At the brick factory in Thinh Duc commune, Thai Nguyen city, a series of trucks were lining up to pick up bricks. A driver here said that the shortage has been going on for about 2 months now and the price of bricks is also at a record high. The trucks "line up" here for 2-3 days to load the goods onto the truck. Previously, customers mainly came to pick up bricks to transport to localities in the province, but now, there are also trucks from Hanoi, Bac Ninh, Hung Yen...

The sharp increase in tunnel brick prices and scarcity has significantly affected the construction progress of people's projects.

Mr. Ha Van Sang, representative of Bac Dai Tay Duong Brick Factory, in Thinh Duc Commune, Thai Nguyen City, said: This year, the source of input materials (raw material soil) is scarce and the real estate market in Thai Nguyen has also improved. In particular, after the historic flood in September 2024, a number of brick factories in the area along the Cau River were damaged and could not be repaired to put into production. Therefore, the remaining brick factories must now operate at almost full capacity to meet part of the current construction needs.

Mr. Tran The Tung, representative of Tan Long Brick Factory in Thai Nguyen City, affirmed: If every year, the price of bricks fluctuated from 880 - 950 VND/brick and there was still a lot of inventory, sometimes up to 60,000 - 70,000 bricks. However, since the beginning of 2025, the price of tunnel bricks has started to increase, at times, in one month it increased 3 times and there was no stock to sell.

The reason for this is that the prices of fuel and input materials have increased, such as: Coal must now be imported at a price of more than 2 million VND/ton, an increase of 40-50% compared to 2024, and many times it cannot be imported. In addition, the price of electricity for production has also increased by 5%; the price of input materials (clay) has also increased. Therefore, production costs have increased, so the Factory has been forced to increase product prices. - Mr. Tran The Tung

Currently, at many construction material dealers, tunnel bricks are being sold at 1,800 - 1,850 VND/piece, if transportation costs are included, it can be up to more than 2,000 VND/piece; iron and steel prices (depending on type) range from 15,000 - 15,300 VND/kg; construction sand is about 340,000 VND/m3; concrete sand is about 400,000 VND/m3 (an increase of about 3-5% over the same period)...

According to some construction experts, in addition to the high price of raw materials for brick production, the weather this year has little rain, making it very favorable for construction. Along with that, the real estate market in the province has begun to flourish. Therefore, the increasing demand for civil construction is the main reason for the high price of terracotta bricks.

Source: https://baothainguyen.vn/tin-moi/202505/gia-gach-tuynel-tang-manh-a460d5a/