Presented by Vice Director General Bui Chinh Nghia/VNFOREST, at "National consultation workshop on Vietnam Forestry Development Strategy 2021- 2030, with vision to 2050", on 5 November 2020

1. VNForest
VIETNAM FORESTRY DEVELOPMENT
STRATEGY (VFDS)
PERIOD 2021 - 2030, VISION TO 2050

2. Outlines
01
VFDS document
development process
02
Outputs of VFDS
implementation 2006 -
2020
03
Key contents of VFDS
2021 - 2030

3. 1. VFDS document development process

4. VFDS is
impleme
nted via
program
s,
project,
scheme
s
2006-2010:
continue
implementing
the Prog. 661
2011-2015:
Forest
Protection&
Development
Plan (Plan 57)
2016-2020:
Program 886
Outputs
are
measur
ed
against
indicato
rs
2. Outputs of VFDS implementation
2006 - 2020

5. 4/7 indicators/ targets
achieved and beyond:
Averaged growth of forestry
production value of 4.87%/y,
exceeding the strategy target (3.5-
4%).
Concentrated plantation with
average of 227,500 ha/y, planted
area in 2019 with more than 4.3 mil.
ha, exceeding the target
Timber harvested from plantations
in 2020 estimated 20.5 mil. m3,
meeting the strategy target of 20 -
24 mil. m3/y
Export turnover of timber and forest
products in 2020 estimated 12.5 bil.
USD, exceeding 1.5 times than the
strategy target of 7.8 bil. USD.
3/7 indicators failed:
Ratio of forestry GDP/ national GDP
was planned at 2-3%, in fact
achieving only 0.65%.
- Forest area certified sustainable
forest management was planned for
269 thousand ha by 2020, but
achieving only 30%.
- sub-target of achieving 10 mil. m3
of large timber is failed.
Accumulated PFES revenue as of
2019 was VND 13,958 bil., with
averaged 1,550 bil. VND/y; failing
the strategy target of 2 bil. USD/y.
1. Economic

6. Among 4 key
indicators, only 1
fulfilling the
strategy target
and 3 achieving
the Prog. 886
targets
Total area of 3 forest
categories as of 2019
achieved 14.6 mil. ha,
failing the strategy target
of 16.24 mil. ha,
exceeding the Prog. 886
target of 14.4 mil. ha
The forest cover in
2020 estimated of
42%, failing the
strategy target (47%);
achieving the target of
the Party Congress
XIIIth’s resolution and
the Prog. 886
Planting protection
and special use
forests as of 2019 was
0.779 mil. ha,
exceeding the
strategy target (0.25
mil. ha)
Law violations and
level of damages:
51.3%-67.2%, failing
the strategy target of
(80%); exceeding the
Prog. 886 target (30 -
35%)
2. Environmental

7. 3. Social
Among 4 indicators, 1 indicator exceeding the strategy’s target of
creating jobs to 5.0 mil. labours (the strategy target is 2 mil.); 3
indicators failed:
Reduce 70% of the
poor hhs in key
forestry areas, in fact,
achieving 33.1% in the
northern mountainous
region, 60.8% in the
north central region,
42.1% in the central
highlands
Complete allocation of
forest and forest land
prior to 2010, but as of
2019 achieved 11.6
mil. ha, accounting for
79.5% total forest area
and 70.8% forest land
area
Ratio of trained
labours in forestry
sector by 2020
achieved 8.54%,
the target was set
for 50%.

8. Referen
ces
Strategy of the
Agriculture sector
Vietnam Strategy for
water resources to
2030, vision to 2045
Draft strategy of
Livestock development
Draft strategy of
aquaculture
development
Draft strategy of
environment
protection to 2030,
vision to 2050
Draft documents
submitted to the Party
Congress XIIIth
Draft report of the
socio-economic
development strategy
2011-2020, draft
strategy 2021-2030
3. Contents of the Strategy 2021 - 2030

9. (1) Context and
development
forecast
(2) Viewpoints,
development
orientation
(3) Objective,
vision of the
strategy
4) The strategic
break-throughs
(5) Financial
sources and
solutions for
mobilization
(6) Funding
requirement
and sources,
orientation for
mobilization
(7) M&E
(8)
Implementation
arrangements
STRATEGY 2021-2030

10. Context and forecast
Vietnam
forestry
CC, degraded natural resources, environment
and ecosystem; ecological security, disaster -
risk
01
Increased population
02
Global trend: forest provides
bioenergy, biochemical products;
forestry is associated with Medicine
and Pharmacy; forest based
emission market, etc.
03
Trade war
04
Economic development; living
standards improvement
05
Internationalization, socialization
06

11. Forest is a resource/ means
of production/ green
infrastructure/
environmental strategy
Market mechanism; inter.
Integration; socialization;
value chain/ forest
products trading
Digitalization; growth model
transformation; value added
is a parameter; new product
development; upon
advantage
Viewpoints,
orientation for
development

12. Objective
Sustainable and highly effective forestry
development; ensure participation and
interest of all parties; enhance the sector’s
contribution to the country development
Social: (4)
- 40% of forestry labors trained by
2025 and 45% by 2030
- By 2025 with 50%, by 2030 with 80%
hhs managing forests participate in
forest products and services
production and businesses
- Stabilize population residing in
special use forests
- By 2025, average incomes of ethnic
people increase 2 times compared to
2020, by 2030, equaling to ½ average
incomes of the whole country.
Economic: (7)
- Increase forest production value 5-
5.5%/y
- Export value: 18-20 bil. USD by 2025;
23-25 bil. USD by 2030
- Domestic consumption of forest
products of 5 bil. USD by 2025, above 6
bil. USD by 2030
- Harvested timber: 45 mil.m3 by 2025: 62
mil. m3 by 2030
- PFES: 3,500 bil. by 2025, 4,000 bil. by
2030
- Natural forest protection and
improvement 10% (2025), 20% (2030)
- Plantation and agro-forestry activities
improvement, certification of 0.5 mil. Ha
(2025), 01 mil. Ha (2030)
Environmental: (3)
- Forest cover: 42% - 43%
- By 2030, violations not
increased comparing to 2020
- By 2025, urban plantation of 5
m2 /person, by 2030, 10 m2
/person

13. By 2050:
Develop the Vietnam forestry sector
to truly become a modern and
creative technical-economic sector,
having an important position in the
socio-economic development of the
country, contributing to successfully
building a prosperous social model.

14. Break-throughs
1) Break-through in scientific
research and technology
application aiming to improve
productivity, quality and
effectiveness of forest
management and businesses;
create new products; increase
added value of forestry
activities.
2) Break-through in policy
aiming to support for
digitalization conversion, growth
model transformation; creation
and start-up forest-based
business; restructuring forestry
sector; promoting socialization
in conservation and developing
key forestry economic industry.

15. Orientation of solutions
Orientati
on
a) Forest and
forest land
use planning b) Forest
protection
and
managemen
t
c) Forest
developmen
t
d) Forest use
đ) Timber
product
processing
industry
e) Forest
product
market
developme
nt
f) Region-
based
forestry
developmen
t

16. Sustainable forestry development
Infrastructure development and
modernization for forestry sector
Scientific technological development,
training and forestry extension
Urban forestry development and
landscape plantation
Perfecting sectoral institution, policy,
planning and monitoring
Tasks
Solutions: mechanism, policy (land, finance, credit, tax, etc.)
and awareness raising; business and production arrangement;
planning, plans and monitoring; sectoral management
arrangement; science and technology; human resource training;
international cooperation

17. Budget demand and sources
Total
budget
demand
for 2021-
2030 is
VND
522,515
bil.
- State budget: VND 149,891 bil.,
accounting for 28.7%;
- ODA: VND 31,471 bil., accounting for
6.0%;
- PFES: VND 38,500 bil., accounting
for 7.5%;
- Credit: VND 34,066 bil., accounting
for 6.5%;
- FDI: VND 14,664 bil., accounting for
2.8%;
- Other legal sources (investments of
organizations, individuals): VND
253,923 bil., accounting for 48.6%.

18. Thank you!
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