Vietnam produced 29.5Mt of cement in the first half of this year, up seven per cent YoY, the government’s General Statistics Office (GSO) has said.

The figure includes 5.4Mt sold in June, up 19 per cent, the office added.

The GSO has, however, revised down the country’s cement output in May to 5.4Mt from the earlier estimated figure of 5.5Mt.

In 2013, Vietnam’s cement output hit 56.84Mt, according to the revised figure.