Hanoi, June 24 -- Enterprises and associations in the timber industry have emphasised the need to increase imports of US legal timber for processing and re-export by Vietnam as a way to ensure sustainable timber trade and legal supply chains.

Speaking at a workshop on Vietnam-US timber and wooden product trade held on June 24 by the Department of Forestry and Forest Protection under the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, Vietnam's leading timber associations and Forest Trends, Vice Chairman and Secretary General of the Vietnam Timber and Forest Products Association (VIFOREST) Ngo Sy Hoai said that in 2024, Vietnam exported wood and wood products worth 9 billion USD to the US, up 24% year-on-year.

The US remained Vietnam's largest ...