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Vietnam's Export of Wood Pellets and Wood Chips in the First Half of 2024
With over four million hectares of plantation forests, primarily consisting of acacia and other wood species such as pine, eucalyptus, and rubber, Vietnam has a...

Vietnam imports raw wood materials from both positive and non-positive geographical regions
According to statistics from the General Department of Customs, imported logs and sawn wood play a crucial role in Vietnam’s wood industry, with annual imports...

The Conference on the Wood Processing, Export, and Forestry Products Industry for Q3 2024
Bình Dương – On the morning of August 9, 2024, at the WTC Expo Binh Duong International Exhibition Center, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, in...

Seminar: The Current Situation and Solutions for Key Issues Facing Vietnam's Wood Industry
Mr. Do Xuan Lap – Chairman of the Vietnam Timber and Forest Product Association (VIFOREST) delivered the opening remarks at the Binh Duong seminar. On the after...

Caught in a downward spiral? The chicken-and-egg dilemma of Vietnamese wood products exported to South Korea and Japan
Japan and South Korea are Vietnam's two main export markets for pellets, accounting for over 95% of total production. The export price of briquettes from our c...

Tropical Wood and the Sustainability Challenge
Forest Trends is honored to welcome senior colleagues from the Norwegian government, including the Director General of NORAD, the Ambassador, and the Deputy Amb...

Vietnam's Tablet Production and Export: A Storm That Submerges Small-Scale/Newly Invested Manufacturing Enterprises?
The energy crisis caused by the Russia-Ukraine conflict has created both opportunities and disasters for the Vietnamese pellet industry. The record price increa...

Timber industry import and export in 2023 and trends for 2024
The year 2023 was a challenging one for Vietnam's timber industry. The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, coupled with tensions in the Middle East, cr...

Activities of FDI enterprises in the timber industry (2023)
Foreign direct investment (FDI) has become an important component of the timber industry. Forestry industry statistics indicate that there are currently over 3,...