Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien on October 26 had a working session with US Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment Jacob Helberg on the sidelines of the 47th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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