Previously, on April 1, 4, the Prime Minister issued Decision No. 2021 approving the "Vietnam Forestry Development Strategy for the period 523 - 2021, vision to 2030". The strategy aims to build the forestry industry into a truly economic-technical industry; establish, manage, protect, develop and sustainably use forests, as well as land areas planned for forestry. At the same time, ensure widespread and equal participation of all economic sectors in forestry activities, maximizing social resources; Applying advanced and modern science and technology. Promoting the potential, role and effects of forests so that forestry makes an increasingly important contribution to socio-economic development, ecological environment protection, water source security...
According to Mr. Trieu Van Luc - Deputy Director of the Department of Forestry (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development), the structure of forestry production has shifted towards increasing added value, with stable growth in forestry production value 4,6 ,260.000 years. Every year, the whole country plants over 70 hectares of forest. Productivity and quality of planted forests have been improved, providing over 15,8% of wood materials for forest product processing, serving export and domestic consumption. The export value of wood and forest products reached an average of XNUMX billion USD/year, with a high trade surplus ratio.
Regarding social security, forestry activities have created jobs for about 5 million direct workers. Policy to support forest protection, contracting forest protection for households, individuals and communities with an average of about 6,2 million hectares/year. Create a source of income, improve people's livelihoods, contribute to hunger eradication and poverty reduction and building new rural areas in mountainous areas. Regarding the environment, the forest coverage rate continues to maintain at 42,02%; Strengthen strict management and stop logging from natural forests. Revenue from forest environmental services reaches an average of 3.650 billion VND/year. In particular, in 2023, VND 4.130 billion was collected; including 997 billion VND from selling forest carbon credits, contributing to reducing pressure on state budget spending.
The report of the Forestry Department also said that the total funding mobilized to implement the strategy for the period 2021 - 2023 to protect and develop forests is about 56,7 trillion VND. Of which, the state budget is nearly 12,6 trillion VND, forest environmental service revenue is nearly 11 trillion VND, and organizations and individuals have invested more than 33 trillion VND.
Mr. Nguyen Quoc Tri - Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development acknowledged that the results achieved after 3 years of implementing Vietnam's Forestry Development Strategy for the period 2021 - 2030 make an increasingly important contribution to socio-economic development, protect the ecological environment, reduce natural disasters, proactively respond to climate change, ensure national defense and security, and successfully implement national goals on sustainable development. However, some important targets have not been achieved compared to the plan, such as the export turnover of wood and forest products, or the added value of the forestry industry is not commensurate with the potential. The reason is that in recent times, the forestry industry is facing many unpredictable fluctuations such as war or climate change.
Meanwhile, according to Mr. Nguyen Van Tien - Vice President of the Association of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development needs to soon complete forestry planning to ensure consistency with 3-level land use planning. : national, provincial and district levels. Reasonably allocate land funds to suit land use requirements and strictly manage the conversion of forestry land use purposes. At the same time, increase access to land for subjects with forestry production and business needs. Adding subjects receiving transfer of forestry land use rights...
The Department of Forestry (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) said that after 3 years of implementing the Vietnam Forestry Strategy, forest environmental service revenue reached an average of 3.650 billion VND/year. In particular, in 2023, VND 4.130 billion was collected; Of which, 997 billion VND was from forest carbon absorption and storage services, contributing to reducing pressure on state budget expenditures, making payment to protect about 7,3 million hectares of forests, becoming a important and sustainable financial source of the forestry industry.
