2018 to be good year for wood products exportNguyen Chien Thang, director of HCM City-based wood products maker Scansia Pacific, said his company has export orders for the whole year, which are 25 per cent up from 2017. VIFA-EXPO this year will be held in HCM City’s Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre from March 7-10. But among the main furniture production areas, only the Asia-Pacific saw positive production growth. Besides, they need to improve their design capacity to add more value to their products and improve their management skills, he said. He also suggested that firms should pay more attention to the middle high-end segment and be developing multi-functional products for the US and EU markets.