Vietnam: Yoshino Gypsum Vietnam has started building a US$50m gypsum plant at Phu My in Vietnam’s Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province. Sudo Eisaku, the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Yoshino Gypsum Vietnam, said the project is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Japan’s Yoshino Gypsum, according to the Viet Nam News newspaper. The unit will supply gypsum products to the local construction market. The plant is scheduled to start operation in December 2020.