Vietnam's July furniture exports rose 2.8% year-on-year, higher than the country’s overall export growth rate, to US$1.1bil. — Vietnam news
HO CHI MINH CITY: Wooden furniture and handicraft businesses are again getting export orders after a lull.
Nguyen Xuan Truyen, deputy director in charges of sales and marketing at Keico Co Ltd, which makes furniture and handicrafts from natural materials such as rattan and water hyacinth, said exports had dropped by nearly half last year due to the impacts of Covid-19, global inflation and Russia-Ukraine war.
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