Hung Yen, Sept. 4 -- Amid fluctuations in prices and supply of construction materials, the northern province of Hung Yen has taken proactive measures to ease difficulties and stabilise the market.

Authorities have accelerated the exploitation of sand, gravel and soil mines while simplifying administrative processes to boost supply for key projects, especially transport and urban works.

This has helped stabilise the local construction material market and provided greater certainty for contractors and investors.

According to the provincial planning, the province has 72 sand mines, including 50 river ones with an estimated reserve of 64.75 million cu.m and 22 coastal ones with around 75 million cu.m.

Currently, nine mines remain within t...