The National Private Economic Development Research Board and the Handicraft and Wood Industry Association of Ho Chi Minh City have launched an initiative to develop a chief information officer network for the wood and wood processing industry to foster its digital transformation.
Ho Chi Minh City will need about 127,000 - 147,000 workers from now to the end of this year, and the demand varies according to the COVID-19 situation, the city’s Human Resources Forecast and Labour Market Information (FALMI) Centre said on July 27.
With the current good growth, the wood processing industry will achieve its export goal of 20 billion USD by 2025, said Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong at a working session with the Vietnam Timber and Forest Product Association (VIFORES) in Hanoi on January 9.
Foreign direct investment in the wood processing industry has increased rapidly, especially since 2018, the Vietnam Timber and Forest Product Association has said.
Foreign direct investment in the wood processing industry has increased rapidly, especially since 2018, the Vietnam Timber and Forest Product Association has said.
The United States (US) is a leading important market of the Vietnamese wood processing industry, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Ha Cong Tuan affirmed at the Southeast Asia Convention held by the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) in Hanoi on June 25.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on March 28 issued a Directive on measures to achieve rapid and sustainable development of the wood and non-wood forest product processing industry to serve exports.
The 12th International Woodworking Industry Fair (VietnamWood 2017), the biggest of its kind in Vietnam, kicked off at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre in Ho Chi Minh City on October 18.
The forestry sector has been shifting towards a market economy over the recent five years, Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai said at a conference reviewing the five-year plan on forest protection.
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