Vietnam Steel Industry-An Emerging Market

摘要

Vietnam Steel Corporation (VSC) is Vietnam's nodal agency responsible for spearheading the development of the metals industry in the country. VSC presently has 14 subsidiaries and 14 joint ventures with foreign countries. Vietnam's first steel complex was built in 1959. Thani Nguyen Iron and Steel Company was established with the assistance of the Chinese government and produced its first iron in 1963 with a design capacity 100, 000 tpa. From 1973 to 1975 Gia Sang Steel Making and Rolling Mill was built with assistance from Eastern Germany with a capacity 50,000 tpa, to compliment the Thai Nguyen Steel Complex.