According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, the export value of wood and wood products in March 2025 was estimated at 1.5 billion USD, bringing the total figure for the first quarter to 3.95 billion USD, an increase of 11.6% compared to the same period in 2024.
More than 60 Vietnamese enterprises are taking part in the 8th China-South Asia (CSA) Expo and the 28th Kunming Import and Export Fair which opened in Kunming city, Yunnan province of China on July 23.
Enterprises in the woodworking industry have begun to receive orders again to serve the furniture shopping season in the year-end months on the world market, heard a recent forum.
Vietnam earned 15.66 billion USD from agro-forestry-aquatic product exports in the first four months of 2023, down 13.3%year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
Despite the impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, wood and wooden product exports still posted impressive growth due to the efforts of many businesses to apply advanced technology, develop new products, and make use of online marketing channels.
Ho Chi Minh City exported 8 billion USD worth of goods during the first two months of 2021, according to the municipal Department of Statistics, a 25.1 percent increase year-on-year.
Vietnam's export value of wood and wooden products reached 2.7 billion USD in the first quarter of 2020, representing a year-on-year increase of over 16 percent, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Vietnam expects to gain a total export value of 12.5 billion USD from timber, wooden products and forest products this year, up 10 percent year on year, according to the Vietnam Timber and Forest Product Association (VIFORES).
As many as 732 domestic businesses have obtained the Forest Stewardship Council Chain of Custody (FSC/CoC) Certification, taking the lead in Southeast Asia.
A conference seeking solutions to boost rapid and sustainable growth of the wood and forestry processing and export industries will be held in Ho Chi Minh City on August 8.
Vietnam earned 4.15 billion USD from exports of wood and wooden products in the first six months of this year, marking an increase of 8.4 percent compared with the same period last year.
The authorities of southern Dong Nai province said they will continue assisting local businesses to research export markets and promote trade for achieving an export turnover of 18.3-18.5 billion USD.
The country’s exports of forestry products are expected to top 9 billion USD this year, with wood and wooden products accounting for 8.5-8.7 billion USD, according to the Handicraft and Wood Industry Association of HCM City (Hawa).
Truong Thanh Furniture Corporation may issue 100 million shares, worth 1 trillion VND (44.4 million USD), to raise capital for restructuring its debt and improving production.
Once the EU-Vietnam Voluntary Partnership Agreement on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade comes into force, there will be opportunities for Vietnam to export more wooden products to Europe and other markets.
The southern province of Dong Nai shipped goods worth nearly 1.8 billion USD to the US in the first five months of 2017, according to the provincial Department of Industry and Trade.
The export value of agricultural, forestry and aquatic products reached 13.7 billion USD in the first five months of 2017, a year-on-year increase of 9.5 percent.
The Handicraft and Wood Industry Association of HCM City (HAWA) has projected exports of wooden products to reach 7.2 billion USD this year, up from 6.9 billion USD last year.
