Economic cooperation, a highlight in Viet Nam-Austria relations
Viet Nam and Austria have enjoyed fine developments in all fields, especially economic cooperation.
Furniture industry takes up original designs
The furniture industry aims to achieve sales of US$20 billion by 2025 and move from doing mainly sub-contract work to original design.
Vietnam sets ambitious $20 billion wood export target for 2025
Vietnam sees wood and wood works as a spearhead industry, earning export revenues of $18-20 billion by 2025.
Wooden furniture manufacturers conquer luxury segment.
After reaching $8 billion worth of export turnover, Vietnam’s wooden furniture manufacturing enterprises are now entering the high-end market segment.
Export wood: full orders but lack of raw material
At the beginning of second quarter, but now most wood processors and exporters have "ripped" export orders until the end of the year. However, the concern and anxiety of the whole industry is how to handle enough raw material wood.
Wood firms to be classified
Enterprises planting forests and supplying, processing, trading and exporting wood and wooden products will be classified into two groups: compliance and non-compliance with the law in line with Vietnam’s timber legality assurance system (VNTLAS).
Changes in target markets worry wooden furniture exporters
Wooden furniture manufacturers have been warned that they will face more trade barriers as export markets have applied new policies to restrict imports.
Big global demand brings opportunities for Vietnam’s wood industry.
Wood processing and export businesses of Vietnam hold many opportunities to expand market and increase export value in the time ahead, experts said at a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on March 7.
Vietnam targets 9 billion USD from wood exports in 2018.
Vietnam earned 8 billion USD from exports of wood and timber products last year. The sector is taking full advantage of market and production materials to aim for higher export value this year.
Wood exports to hit record high.
Amid the world’s growing demand for wood products and with many key foreign markets tightening their wood material exports, Vietnam’s wood industry may reach a new record export turnover of US$9 billion this year, thanks to firms’ purchasing the materials from new markets.