On June 10, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh signed Official Dispatch No. 85/CD-TTg to the Ministers of Public Security, Construction, Agriculture and Environment, Industry and Trade; and Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and cities on strengthening solutions to manage and stabilize construction material prices.
Construction material prices increase abnormally, Prime Minister requests Ministry of Public Security to investigate and handle (illustrative photo)
According to the dispatch, recently, the prices of some construction materials, especially sand, gravel, stone, bricks, leveling materials, road embankment materials, etc., 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 manipulation of construction materials.
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 for construction materials, sand, stone, gravel, bricks, leveling and road embankment materials, etc.; in cases beyond authority, immediately report to competent authorities for timely and effective consideration and decision.
At the same time, 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 supply-demand balance, promptly handle difficulties and problems, especially local shortages in each area, locality and nationwide, to be completed before June 20, 2025.
Strengthen guidance for localities to promptly update and publish construction material prices and construction price indexes in their management areas, ensuring that they accurately reflect the cost of material prices and are consistent with market prices.
The Prime Minister requested the Minister of Agriculture and Environment to urgently complete and submit for promulgation in a shortened form the Decree detailing a number of articles and measures to implement the Law on Geology and Minerals before July 1, in which administrative procedures and business conditions in granting licenses for mineral exploitation, especially common minerals used as construction materials, should be minimized, and urgent supplies of sand, gravel, stone, and materials for leveling and road construction, etc., should be promptly resolved before June 15.
The Minister of Industry and Trade directed market management agencies to strengthen inspections, promptly detect and handle acts of speculation, hoarding, and unreasonable price increases of construction materials.
The Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Public Security to 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.
The Prime Minister assigned the Chairmen of the People's Committees of provinces and cities to actively and proactively inspect the situation and strictly handle violations in the exploitation, transportation and trading of construction materials, violations in licensing, exploitation and trading of construction materials; and resolve to eliminate illegal gathering and trading of construction materials. Chairmen of provinces and cities are responsible to the Prime Minister if violations recur, if they are not thoroughly handled or if they lack a sense of responsibility.
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