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Forest coverage remains at 42.02% in 2023: ministry

Vietnam’s forest coverage was maintained at 42.02% in 2023, according to the latest announcement of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Forest coverage remains at 42.02% in 2023: ministry ảnh 1Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s forestcoverage was maintained at 42.02% in 2023, according to the latestannouncement of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Last year, Vietnam had 14,860,309 ha offorest area, of which 10,129,751 ha were natural forests and 4,730,557 ha planted ones.

Meanwhile, the total area of forestsmeeting standards for calculating the forest coverage was 13,927,122 ha, of which 10,129,751ha were natural forests.

The north central and central coastalregion had the largest forest area with 5,621,185 ha, and the largest forestcoverage rate of 54.23%.

In the contrary, the Mekong Delta recordedthe smallest forest area of 244,643 ha, equivalent to 5.4%.

Nghe An province reported the largest forestarea with 1,018,788 ha, followed by Quang Nam with 681,156 ha, and Son La 676,890ha./.
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