Vice director of Viet Nam Administration of Forestry Bui Chinh Nghia told the online newspaper of Government chinhphu.vn about the impressive growth of Viet Nam’s timber and wooden product sector, particularly amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Viet Nam gained high growth of 11 per cent year on year in the forestry export value in January to US$903 million, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Viet Nam Administration of Forestry.
With large shipments in the first eight months of the year, Viet Nam’s forestry sector expects to fulfill this year’s export target of US$9 billion a month ahead of schedule.
Viet Nam and the EU last week reached important agreements during their
fifth round of negotiations on the Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA)
on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade.