The ongoing coronavirus outbreaks are now threatening to bring the Vietnamese timber industry to its knees, with businesses and associations hoping for preferential vaccine treatment and financial support for test kits and other pandemic-related expenses.  At more than half of the companies in the four furniture production centres of Vietnam that contribute over 70 per cent to the nation’s export value of timber products, production has been suspended as several cases of COVID-19 infections appeared, further extending delivery schedules for overseas buyers.  Long Viet Co., Ltd., a wood supplier in the southern province ...