Advantage of Bamboo Mat Board over Wood Ply board 
• Bamboo is found to be most suitable to replace timber as it grow more rapidly than trees and starts to yield within three or four years of planting. 
• Plantation establishment requires minimal capital investment and builds upon the inherent plant-cultivation skills of local farmers and foresters. 
• Bamboo can be harvested annually and non-destructively. 
• Bamboos are excellent for rejuvenating degraded lands and protecting against soil erosion. 
• Bamboo may easily be intercropped with shallow-rooted crops. 
• Bamboo culms as well as all other parts of the bamboo plant can be used in rural livelihoods such as shoots for food, leaves for fodder, and branches for items such as brooms and for firewood. 
• Bamboo mat board can revive traditional mat weaving in tribal areas and raise women’s incomes, as this industry will ultimately generate an estimated 660 Lakhs workdays for mat weavers all over Vietnam. 
• Since mats are woven from bamboo, bamboo is a part and parcel of rural people. It is most suitable socio-ecological product for industrial vitalization of upland regions.