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Leading steel manufacturer Hoa Phat Group sold 95,000 tonnes of steel pipes in November, a year-on-year increase of 31.2 percent.

Leading steel manufacturer Hoa Phat Group sold nearly 4.14 million tonnes of steel in the first ten months of 2020.

Hoa Phat Group (HPG), the largest steel maker in Vietnam, reported post-tax profit of over 2.75 trillion VND (120.2 million USD) in the second quarter of this year, its highest quarterly post-tax profit for 30 years, up 34 percent year-on-year.

Vietnam’s steel production was forecast to grow slightly, at about 6-8 percent, this year, reported the Vietnam Steel Association (VSA).

The Ministry of Finance has postponed its plan of increasing the most-favoured nation (MFN) tariff on imported hot rolled steel coil (HRC) from zero percent to 5 percent after collecting opinions from businesses and experts.

Hoa Phat Dung Quat Steel Joint Stock Company and Italy’s metal plants supplier Danieli Company have signed a contract to install thin slab caster and hot-rolled mill for the Hoa Phat Dung Quat iron and steel production complex in the central province of Quang Ngai.