Man spends years to grow forest
A forest of trees covering several hundred hectares at the foot of Hoanh Son Mountain in central Ha Tinh Province has come back to life, thanks to the efforts of one man.
Landslides plague seaside areas in Kien Giang province
The daily lives of some 500 households have been disrupted and 600ha of protective forest lost due to landslides on the nearly 70km seashore of the Mekong Delta’s Kien Giang Province in recent years, with climate change blamed for the landslides.
Forest coverage to rise to 47.25% in 2017
The forestry sector will protect, develop and sustainably use existing forest areas and land fund for forest development with a view to raising the country’s forest coverage to 47.25% in 2017.
Citizen patrols: good for forests, good for farmers
Vang Long Ca of Dien Bien province in northern Vietnam pointed at his pig and explained how he planned to sell it.
Fires ravage over 2,400 ha of forest in 2016
So far this year, 181 forest fires occurred in 19 northern provinces, destroying more than 2,400 hectares of forest, heard a recent conference held by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in the northern mountainous province of Lao Ca
Tuyen Quang aims for more certified forest areas
The northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang plans to have an additional 866 hectares of forest granted with sustainable forest management certificates in accordance with the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) standards by the end of 2016.