President of the Association of Vietnam Timber and Forest Product (VIFOREST) Do Xuan Lap said the COVID-19 epidemic has gradually been placed undercontrol in provinces and cities, many localities have step by step reopened while allowing production and business activities to reopen in the new normal.
According to a number of export wood processing, in the context that orders are very abundant, timber enterprises are urgently embarking on building production organisation project, in the context of the new normal,along with policies on attracting workers back to work, mobilising financial resources, and taking initiative in raw materials and auxiliary materials in the context of high prices.
Deputy Director General of the General Department of Forestry Bui Chinh Nghia emphasised that, despite facing difficulties in exporting in the third quarter, from the beginning of October, wood industry exports have grown significantly again.
With the current recovery momentum, the whole year export target of over US$14 billion is positive, he said, adding that state management agencies will continue to accompany businesses in supporting and creating favourable conditions for wood industry enterprises to overcome difficulties to achieve the set growth targets in the last months of the year.
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Quoc Doanh also affirmed that up to now, the epidemic in localities, especially in the Southeast region, has been basically been put under control.
Implementing Resolution No.128/NQ-CP of the Government, it is expected that localities and businesses will actively develop scenarios and plans for epidemic prevention and control along with effective production recovery to ensure the dual goals of both controlling the epidemic and promoting production and stable and sustainable socio-economic development, he noted.
