Cement producers in Vietnam are estimated to have manufactured 30.1Mt of cement in the first half of this year.

The figure represents a YoY increase of 14.7%, the government’s General Statistics Office said in a monthly report released late Wednesday.

In June, the country’s cement output is estimated to stand at 5.9Mt, up 28.2% YoY.

The Ministry of Construction forecasts Vietnam’s cement consumption to reach between 54.5Mt and 56Mt this year, up 9%-10% from a year earlier.