Development of raw material to serve Vietnam’s wood industry towards a sustainable development

Abstract

The Vietnam’s wood industry has obtained many encouraging achievements in recent years. Through a research on the actual situation of material for the wood industry, we found that in order to develop sustainably, the wood industry needs to ensure the quality of human resource, technology, capital, market and especially the material. As material accounts for a large share of the production cost, it is necessary to ensure both quantity and quality of its in the near future as well as in the long-term. The fact that most of raw material is imported seriously affects the Vietnam’s wood industry, such as reducing the activeness and competiveness of Vietnamese wood companies. This paper aims to evaluate the practice of raw material for Vietnam’s wood industry, thereby suggesting some solutions to sustainably develop the raw material for the wood industry.