The 8th congress of Vietnam Foundry Metallurgy Science Technology Association ( VFMSTA) for the period 2024-2029 in Hanoi Vietnam has organized successfully on 14 December 20, 2024 and Mr. Da Nghiem Xuan – General Director of Vietnam Steel Corp. and Chairman of Vietnam Steel Association was voted as new chairman of VFMSTA by all delegates of the congress.  

 On September 19, 2024, the 6th Asia Foundry Forum was held at the Bangkok International Trade Exhibition Center in Thailand.At the forum, Japan Foundry Society, the Institute of Indian Foundrymen, Taiwan Casting Industry Association, Indonesian Foundry Industries Association, and China Foundry Association shared information on the current situation and changes occurred in recent years from different perspectives. We attempted to find the distinctiveness inside and make prospects of the development of the Asia foundry industry from different dimensions. 1.What is the current situation of the Asian foundry industry?  In Japan, the output value of the foundry industry has remained at around 2 trillion yen in recent years, with ferrous metal casting and non-ferrous metal casting each accounting for half. Compared to 2022 and 2023, Japan's found...