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Buffer zone communities to receive financial support
Each community in special-use forests’ buffer zones will receive an average of 50 million VND (over 1,900 USD) a year under a recent degree on several forestry investment policies. The decree will take effect from July 15, 2024.The financial support will be prioritised for agricultural ...
Project to develop multi-use values of forest ecosystem to 2030 approved
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang on February 29 signed a decision approving a project on developing multi-use values of the forest ecosystem to 2030, with a vision to 2050.The project aims to improve the efficiency of management and sustainable use of forest resources; create ...
Forestry digitization helps to locate every tree, keep track of every animal
The forestry sector is moving ahead with digital transformation in management. High technology is being used to create a large database of information about every tree and animal in the forest.Nguyen Duc Thanh from the Vietnam Academy of Forest Sciences (VAFS) said the forestry industry ...
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Ministerial meeting discusses transboundary haze pollution in Mekong sub-region
The 12th Meeting of the Sub-regional Ministerial Steering Committee on Transboundary Haze Pollution in the Mekong Sub-region took place in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa’s Nha Trang city on November 30.With the participation of representatives of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam, the ...
The EU and Vietnam implement and Agreement on combating illegal logging and promoting trade in legal timber
On May 8, the Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Viet Nam and Viet Nam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development hold a joint meeting to announce the completion of the process of approval and ratification of a Voluntary Partnership Agreement on Forest Law ...
