Vietnam – The Vn-WoodID application has been officially launched, becoming a key tool contributing to wood traceability. The application, launched within the framework of the “Ensuring Timber Legality for Sustainable Forestry Development in Vietnam” forum on September 12, integrates artificial intelligence (AI) and is capable of analysing images of wood cross-sections, providing identification results with an accuracy of up to 98.6% in less than one second. A prominent feature of Vn-WoodID is its ability to operate directly on a phone without an internet connection. This allows customs officials, forest rangers, or businesses to use it immediately on-site to look up information about wood species, rather than taking days to send samples for identification as was previously required. The application was built using nearly 3,000 wood samples collected from various high-risk areas for origin, such as Africa, South America, and Asia. …expanding the database is crucial to enhancing the application’s effectiveness.