Regarding the Project:"Roadmap using white asbestos forterminating the production of asbestos roofing from 2023" by the Ministry of Construction at the Workshop for getting business comments on May 21, 2018, the Branch of the Company Construction materials in Ha Long which has gota thickness of 25 years producing mainly fiberglass cement sheet products does not agree with the Project.

The Branch of Ha Long Construction Material Co., Ltd. has realized that the proposal in the project is not based on scientific and practical basis: The Ministry of Construction did not give any scientific and practical basis, but it mightbe listened to conflicting ideas and distortions for the benefit of replacing asbestos roofing with other products while the demand for construction market using roofing was huge.

In parallel with the " roadmap for ceasing using and stopping the production of asbestos roofing ", the Ministry of Construction also did not propose specific solutions to support enterprises, but still definitely fixed the time "ending asbestos roofing production" from 2023. The Ministry of Construction's view on this issue, according to the Branch of Ha Long Construction Material Co., Ltdthatwas one sided and could lead to the elimination of enterprises and cause many workers to suffer due to losing their jobs.

Different opinions about white asbestos fibers in roofing sheets have affected or not affected health which is still augmentative. However, the scientific study of Ministry-level such as Construction Hospital studied results of occupational disease examination and labor environment measurement from 2008 to 2018, especially the study of the Department of Health Environmental Management. - Ministry of Health on " asbestos-related diseases in contact persons "was conducted in 2009-2011, the results showed that there was no specific information to convince and prove the cause of the occupation disease due to contacting with asbestos or using asbestos sheet products for construction.

The Ha Long Construction Material Co., Ltd. has invested tens of VND billions to complete technology and equipment to produce quality products and become increasingly friendlyon environment. The company has regularly checked and examined health for workers and has not detected any cases of occupational diseases or diseases caused by direct contact with Asbestos in the production process.

In addition, there are currently 02 technical renovation factories in the roofing production line using white asbestos to switch to other alternative materials that includedthe Bach Dang Factory and NaViFiCo Factory. Despite which has invested in 10VND billions, the reality isthat the Bach Dang Factory has worked perfunctorily to wait for the support from the Government, and the NaViFiCo Plant stopped operating due to the business was not feasible.

In that situation, for the "Project using white asbestos roadmap to terminatingthe production of asbestos roofing from 2023", the Ministry of Construction, the branch of Ha Long Construction Material Co., Ltdrecommended that all proposals in the Project ofthe prohibition or restriction of white asbestos use should be based on evidence of science, legal and practicality. Not because of the benefits (from aid) or the impact of some organizations and individuals who had views against the production and use of asbestos to hastily make irrational, irrelevant and damaging proposals to business activities of enterprises and directly affected the live of workers. "