Vietnam’s first ferrochrome carbon production plant of international standards has broken gound. Located in Thanh Hoa Province’s Trieu Son District, the plant is being built by the Nam Viet Group Navico. The first phase of the VND 1.5 trillion project is scheduled to begin operations by October 2009 and the remaining phase is set to be completed by 2011. The plant will supply high quality ferrochrome carbon to domestic metal and stainless steel production factories.