The European Union (EU) market still offers significant growth opportunities for Vietnamese furniture and handicraft exports, though it requires strict compliance with supply chain traceability and sustainability standards.

Ambassador to Italy Duong Hai Hung has congratulated Vietnamese enterprises - the Ho Chi Minh City Investment and Trade Promotion Centre (ITPC) and the Handicraft and Wood Industry Association of HCM City (HAWA) - for their initial success in showcasing Vietnamese products in Milan Design Week in Italy - a design & brand arena of furniture businesses around the world.

Faced with a slump in export orders, woodworking firms have been striving to stay afloat in various ways.

VOV.VN - The recent participation of Vietnamese businesses in the Stockholm Furniture Fair 2023 has served to create a wealth of opportunities to increase the export of Vietnamese furniture moving forward, according to the Vietnamese Trade Office in Sweden.

VOV.VN - Six Vietnamese businesses took part in January Furniture Show 2023, Britain’s largest annual furniture show, in Birmingham from January 22-25.

VOV.VN - Despite the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, there remains ample space to bolster Vietnamese furniture and wood exports to the United States in the near future, according to industry insiders.