Forestry Agency and Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Forestry Department partnered in the Fields of Forestry and Forestry
Japan has been continuously promoting exchanges in the forest and forestry sector with Vietnam, including through technical cooperation projects implemented by JICA and ITTO projects funded by the Forestry Agency.
Vietnam’s forest area has been increasing in recent years, with a high artificial forest rate of about 30%, and the country has close ties with Japan in the trade of wood products. It is expected that the signing of this memorandum will further promote cooperation in various fields, including sustainable forest management and the effective use of forest resources.
Key Points of the Memorandum of Cooperation
In order to realize a prosperous society that contributes to carbon neutrality through the promotion of sustainable forest management and effective use of forest resources, Japan and Vietnam have agreed to cooperate in the following areas:
a) sustainable forest management,
b) mitigation of and adaptation to climate change,
c) effective use and management of forest resources, and multifaceted use of forests, including recreation and education
d) forest conservation, biodiversity and forest landscape restoration,
e) forest management for disaster prevention,
f) research and development and new technologies in the forestry sector,
g) human resource development,
h) legally harvested timber and related trade.
