Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a proposal from the Ministry of Construction to expand capacity of the Xuan Thanh cement plant in the northern province of Ha Nam to 4.5Mta from the current 2.3Mta.

The PM asked the ministry to review the planning of the cement industry and remove low-capacity cement projects from planning and report to the government in June.

The government leader earlier added Xuan Thanh cement plant in Ha Nam province to the list of projects slated for operation before 2015.