Ho Chi Minh City, May 6, 2024 – Organized in collaboration between NS BlueScope Vietnam and the University of Architecture Ho Chi Minh City, proudly announces the launch of the Vietnam Industrial Architecture Award. This award aims to inspire innovative design and celebrate the beauty of industrial architecture while promoting sustainable development. The synergy between BlueScope, with its global expertise in steel materials and solutions, and the University of Architecture Ho Chi Minh City, a prestigious institution renowned for its contributions to architectural education nationwide, promises to create a groundbreaking platform that enriches the field of industrial architecture. Representatives from NS BlueScope Vietnam and the members of the 2024 Industrial Architecture Award judging panel This initiative not only showcases aesthetically and functionally exemplary industrial projects using durable, high-quality steel materials but also honors outstanding industrial architectural projects in Vietnam that incorporate BlueScope materials and solutions. The award seeks to find ambassadors who will lead and inspire sustainable industrial design. According to the Organizing Committee, the award will be presented to the design consulting companies for completed industrial projects in Vietnam that utilize COLORBOND®, and/or ZINCALUME® materials, with the project owner’s consent for the submission. Evaluated criteria include 50% for innovative, […]
Wednesday, 29 May 2024
Recently, NS BlueScope Vietnam’s factory in Phu My has been certified with ResponsibleSteel™, becoming the first in Vietnam’s steel industry and the first alloy-coated steel plant in Southeast Asia to achieve this certificate. Phu My factory is the third of its kind across BlueScope’s global production facilities to be a responsible steel manufacturer. To be eligible for this certificate, the business has to meet 12 strict criteria in ESG that are specifically designed for the steel industry. These criteria enable businesses to have a common transparent roadmap applied globally for responsible steel manufacturing. NS BlueScope Vietnam’s plant in Phu My, particularly, meets most of these strict criteria, which is rarely seen in the industry. “This is a proud milestone in our sustainable development journey aligned with NS BlueScope’s ESG standards, further affirming that we are not only a technology leader in the pre-painted steel industry but also a pioneering business in ESG practices,” said Mr. Vo Minh Nhut – President of NS BlueScope Vietnam. “We sincerely appreciate the support and companionship of our esteemed partners during this time, which has motivated us to continue growing and increasingly contributing towards building a sustainable and thriving business community,” highlighted Mr. Nhut. Previously, […]
Monday, 20 May 2024
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is not new to the Australia-headquartered steel maker NS BlueScope, which has been present in Vietnam for over two decades. CSR is considered an integral part of its business activities. NS BlueScope Vietnam’s employees plant trees at the Can Gio Mangrove Forest in HCMC – PHOTOS: NS BLUESCOPE VIETNAM Since its very first days in Vietnam, NS BlueScope has attached much importance to CSR activities. Its CSR activities are diversified, including contributing to the community and the green and safe environment, supporting its partners to improve their competitiveness and produce green and environmentally friendly products, and creating a safe and happy working environment for its employees. “Despite operating in the steel sector, NS BlueScope’s value chain spreads from consumers, contractors and design consultants to suppliers. To ensure our sustainable development, the entire value chain needs to develop in a sustainable manner,” said Dang Thanh Hung, vice president of NS BlueScope Vietnam. Creating value for community NS BlueScope’s CSR activities for the community consist of both long-term and short-term ones, such as annual programs branded NS BlueScope, and short-term activities in line with the social circumstance in each period. Before the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), NS […]
Monday, 12 December 2022
HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM – September 6, 2022 – NS BlueScope Lysaght Vietnam – the world’s leading steel solution expert with more than 165 years of experience – signed a strategic cooperation agreement with 13 distributors with a view to providing the domestic market with LYSAGHT® SMARTHOME™ – THE AUSTRALIAN STEEL SMARTHOME. Accordingly, NS BlueScope Lysaght will work closely with distributors to deploy smart steel building solutions in civil construction, meeting the strict requirements of investors. The LYSAGHT® SMARTHOME™ solution was first introduced in the Vietnamese market in 2021, unveiling a completely new trend in the use of unburnt materials in civil construction, to help investors solve problems related to design, construction and maintenance, which are often encountered with traditional reinforced concrete and steel buildings. After a year, the solution was highly appreciated by investors, architects and contractors for its quality, aesthetics, and construction progress. NS BlueScope Lysaght Vietnam signed a strategic cooperation agreement with distributors to deploy steel smarthome solutions in civil construction “In today’s civil construction sector, traditional reinforced concrete houses are still common, but there are many disadvantages, such as heavy structure, long construction time, high cost, difficulty in managing consistent quality and low reusability. Traditional […]
Friday, 16 September 2022
Ho Chi Minh City – NS BlueScope Lysaght Vietnam (Lysaght) has recently signed strategic cooperation agreements with GSB Steel Structure Joint Stock Company (GSB) – a steel structure solutions company with over 10 years of experience – and GreenViet– one of the first green building consultants in Vietnam. Accordingly, Lysaght, as a leading provider of superior steel solutions for industrial and civil works, will utilize GSB’s strengths and GreenViet’s expertise, in order to develop end-to-end zero-energy solutions from design, consulting to construction. Countries around the world, including Vietnam, are facing the impacts of environmental pollution and climate change, as well as the depletion of natural resources. Therefore, zero-energy buildings have become a popular architectural trend to cut carbon emissions, reduce energy consumption, tackle climate change and develop sustainably, especially in developing countries with rapid population growth like Vietnam. Net zero-energy is defined as no energy consumption. A zero-energy project indicates that it consumes zero fossil fuel energy and emits zero carbon into the environment. These projects consume energy effectively and generate enough energy on-site to equalize their annual energy consumption needs. “As an industry pioneer in steel solutions, we have been developing and applying the trend of zero-energy for construction […]
Wednesday, 6 April 2022
Green Label certification is one of Sustainability goals which NS BlueScope Vietnam expects. NS BlueScope Vietnam proud to be certified Green Label certificates for coated steel products that apply for industry, residential segment and exclusive for sanwich panel. These certificates is as the commitment by NS BlueScope Vietnam for Sustainability strategy in Vietnam.
Friday, 18 February 2022
NS BlueScope Lysaght Vietnam – The Australian steel solution expert with over 165 years of experience – first launched LYSAGHT® SMARTHOME™ - THE AUSTRALIAN STEEL SMARTHOME in Vietnam which widely applied in the advanced countries around the world, helps handling the problems related to common design, construction and maintenance for traditional steel house and traditional reinforcement concrete house, and at the same time sets a new benchmark in the solutions for high-quality steel smarthome.
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