Builders eye sea sand for construction as river sand runs out


Exploiting sea sand in the Cuu Long Delta region. — baoxaydung.com.vn

HANOI (Vietnam News/Asia News Network): The use of sea sand for road levelling is a growing trend in the context of dwindling river sand while construction demands in the country skyrocket.

Faced with this fact, the General Department of Geological and Minerals of Việt Nam is urgently carrying out work related to assessing sea sand exploitation for levelling highways, transport and urban infrastructure projects in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta in southern Việt Nam.

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