Professor Nguyen Ngoc Lung, director general of the Research Institute for Sustainable Forest Management and Forest Certification, talks about the need to plant more young trees to keep the country clean and green.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Regulations on business registration, real estate business, medium-term forest protection, visa exemption for Vietnamese expatriates, and female labor are among new polices that take effect in November.

Scientists believe that it is necessary to restore the coastal windshield casuarinas belt, which is considered as putting armor on to protect not only villages and houses, but also the rubber forests.

The deforestation has not been stopped as promised by local authorities and forest ranger units. Vietnam’s forest coverage has dropped to less than 40 percent.