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Greenhouse effect management needs new forestry policies

The program on payments for forest environmental services (PFES), supervised by the Vietnam forest protection and development fund (VNFF) at the national level with coordination of 44 provincial funds, has seen positive results, reports have found.

Agriculture ministry to set ‘green wall’ to prevent deforestation

VietNamNet Bridge - Only 22 percent of the climate-change adaptation plan on protecting forests in coastal areas in 2015-2020 has been implemented.

Central Highlands forests cleared to make room for rubber plants

VietNamNet Bridge - Within a short period, Central Highlands provinces have hurriedly converted hundreds of thousands of hectares of forestland into rubber growing and hydropower development areas. 

Thai Nguyen residents vow to protect natural treasure

‘Than Sa’ is understood as a kind of mineral from God. Than Sa in the Vo Nhai district of Thai Nguyen province is an archaeological relic ranked by the state for national conservation.

When nature has taken her toll on us

 VietNamNet Bridge – Floods in early August in northern Viet Nam killed 27 people and washed away hundreds of homes, causing damage estimated at more than US$43 million.

The village patriarch revered by ethnic minority A Rem

Dinh Rau, the village patriarch of Phong Nha – Ke Bang Forests, is respected by all A Rem people for his deep understanding about the folk remedies which can help cure serious diseases. 

Planting the seeds of success with ginseng

VietNamNet Bridge – Up in the mountains of Quang Nam Province the ginseng plant's roots have become a treasured natural remedy. Those who cultivate the plants can earn themselves a hefty living and preserve wild plants at the same time.

Ca Mau people plant trees to patch sea dykes

VietNamNet Bridge - Ca Mau residents are planting trees to reinforce sea dykes to deal with climate change.

Forest in Phong Nha-Ke Bang national park in danger

The Quang Binh Province’s Industry and Trade Department is designing an industrial project which would destroy dozens of hectares of forest in the core area of the Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park. 

Hydropower investors refuse to pay environmental service fee

Ha Giang province in the past welcomed the construction of a number of hydropower plants, but they have now badly affected the environment and ecosystem.

Shrimp ponds displace protective forests in coastal areas

The increase in farming shrimp in ponds in coastal areas has contributed to the displacement of forests that once protected people from sand and floods in the central province of Quang Nam and the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu.

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Project launched to restore Truong Son forest

 VietNamNet Bridge – The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Forest Protection Department of the central province of Quang Nam have started the program to rehabilitate forest in the Truong Son range in the border area of Laos and Vietnam.

To have licenses for hydropower plants, investors must plant forests

VietNamNet Bridge – The investors, who want to build hydropower plants or exploit minerals on the forest land, will have to re-plant the same area of forests.

In Da Lat, more trees felled than planted

VietNamNet Bridge – The rapid urbanization speed in Da Lat, the city of thousands of pine trees, plus the serious deforestation, have both put the forests in agony.

Forests turn bare, exhausted

The poor forests should be improved by the afforestation instead of letting them get destroyed for economic projects.

Protecting forests still uphill battle

VietNamNet Bridge – More than 450 instances of illegal deforestation were discovered in the first three months of this year, according to the Viet Nam Administration of Forestry.

Deforestation decrease in first three months

VietNamNet Bridge – More than 450 instances of illegal deforestation were discovered in the first three months of this year, according to the Vietnam Administration of Forestry.

Forests develop more rapidly than timber processing factories

Responding to the state’s call for afforestation, local people in Dak Lak province spend their time and money to plant the forests and protect them over the last 10 years.

Heavy drought put forests in danger

Mekong Delta’s provinces have been urged to get highly ready to fight against the forest fire in the dry season.