Glossary

Acacia Plywood from Vietnam: The Workhorse Core

Acacia is the plantation-grown core behind most Vietnamese plywood. How and where it is farmed, why it became the workhorse core, and where it is used.

Eucalyptus Plywood from Vietnam: The Denser Core

Eucalyptus is Vietnam's denser plantation-grown plywood core, chosen when a panel needs more stiffness and screw-hold than acacia. Here is where it grows and how the extra weight changes its use.

Plywood Grade-Stamp Decoder: How to Read the Marks

A visual key to the stamps and ink-marks on export plywood: mill code, standard reference, bond and emission class, and FSC/PEFC/CE/CARB marks, plus how to verify each against the shipment paperwork.

Rubberwood (Hevea) Plywood from Vietnam

How the rubber tree becomes plywood: rubberwood (Hevea) is a second harvest from Vietnam's latex estates, favoured for furniture and joinery for its density and pale, easy-to-finish grain.

Styrax (Full-White Core) Plywood from Vietnam

Styrax (Styrax tonkinensis, known in Vietnam as bồ đề) is the pale, uniform "full white core" species Vietnamese mills use for painted and visible plywood. Where it grows, how it's farmed, and when to specify it over denser cores.