Vietnam Cement Industry Corporation (Vicem), Vietnam’s leading domestic producer, said its revenues rose by seven per cent YoY in 2013 to more than VND30.5trn (US$1.45bn).

State-run Vietnam news agency reported that Vicem posted a pretax profit of VND528bn and contributed VND1.03trn to the state budget last year.

Cement and clinker output for the state-run cement producer rose by 8.8 per cent YoY while cement sales rose by 9.3 per cent.

For this year, VICEM targets cement and clinker sales of 21Mt.