Prices of sand for construction continue to increase in HCM City, following authorities’ orders to strictly monitor sand mining sites for illegal activity.
Sand prices have soared over the past few days, following the Government’s order to tighten supervision of sand mining, though speculation is more likely to be blamed for the price jump.
Project investors, contractors and sub-contractors of a dredging project in the Cua Dai Estuary are suspected of “serious violations” with a large volume of sand gone “missing.”