Việt Nam likely to gain export target for timber and wooden products this year: experts  Experts believe Việt Nam this year will reach its export target for timber and wooden products at US$12 billion, despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

VN maintains growth in wood exports

In June products were exported to the US (up by 43.1 per cent to $ 590.9 million), China (15.6 per cent to $88.3 million), Canada (19.5 per cent to $18.8 million) and Australia (28.8 per cent to $15.3 million).

First online platform for exhibitions to be launched in VN

The HAWA Online Platform for Exhibition (HOPE), which will connect Vietnamese wood processing and furniture firms with international and local buyers, will officially launch on August 7 in HCM City.

Moscow push to reduce UN cross-border aid to Syria fails A Russian bid to get the United Nations to reduce cross-border humanitarian aid to war-torn Syria was voted down by the Security Council on Wednesday, an official said.

Guterres supports UN cross-border aid in Syria United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he supports the extension of a cross-border program to deliver humanitarian aid to Syria, according to a Security Council report obtained by AFP on Wednesday.

Wood processing firms survive amid Covid-19, eye post-pandemic opportunities

Many wood processing firms have managed to operate despite the Covid-19 pandemic and many have even chalked out measures to take advantage of the opportunities on offer when the pandemic is over.

Wood industry needs a fundamental change, says experts The wood industry needs a fundamental change in export product lines and markets after the COVID-19 pandemic ends

Digital transformation expected to boost export of forestry products Việt Nam’s export value of wood and wood products reached US$1.53 billion in the first two months of this year, marking a year-on-year increase of 10.1 per cent, according to a report by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Winners of HCM City furniture design competition announced Nguyễn Hòa, and a two-member team, Vũ Thành Nam and Nguyễn Khánh Linh, have won first prizes in the 2019-20 Hoa Mai furniture design competition, the former for his art work Cham Shelf and the latter for Bèo chair set, the organisers announced on March 12.

Wood industry to promote online sales to find new markets Domestic wood processing enterprises are urged to use more online commercial channels to find new markets and customers, especially during the COVID-19 epidemic.