As many as 170 domestic and foreign businesses are displaying their
goods at the 2013 timber and forest product fair, which opened in Quy
Nhon city, the central province of Binh Dinh on June 28.
Most of the businesses are from the country’s four biggest wood
processing localities, namely Binh Dinh, Binh Duong, Dong Nai and
Ho Chi Minh City, along with three companies from the Lao province
of Champassak .
Organised by the Vietnam
Timber and Forest Product Association (VIFORES), the biennial event aims
to promote exchange and cooperation.
The six-day
function also creates a chance for businesses to honour the sector’s
traditional values and help them build, develop and promote their brand
names.
On the same day, the VIFORES held its third
congress. Former Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
Nguyen Van Dang was elected as its Chairman.
Vietnam
is Asia’s second largest exporter of wood products with 4.67 billion
USD in export turnover last year. The country expects to earn 5.5
billion USD this year, mostly from exports to the US, the European
Union and Japan.-VNA