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The northern province of Bac Giang is focusing on sustainably developing its forestry sector, according to Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee Le O Pich.

Vietnam aims for annual growth of 5-5.5% in forestry production value under the sustainable forestry development programme for 2021-2025 freshly approved by the Government.

Localities, especially those in ethnic minority-inhabited and mountainous regions, have made remarkable progress in agro-forestry production, gradually changing the face of rural and remote areas and improving people’s lives.

Vietnam aims for a growth at 5-5.5 percent each year in forestry production in the 2021-2025 period, according to a Government resolution approving the investment policy for the sustainable forestry development programme in the next five years.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has stressed the need to keep forestry production growth at 5-5.5 percent each year in the 2021-2025 period and to continue to maintain such growth to 2030.

Scientific research and technology transfer for the forestry sector in the 2021-2030 period will focus on the hybridisation of new varieties, giving priority to planting high-yield, good-quality and pest-and-disease preventive capable tree varieties, said Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Ha Cong Tuan. ​

Vietnam earns more than 9.3 billion USD from the export of forestry products in 2018, up 15.9 percent from last year, according to the Vietnam Administration of Forestry (VNFOREST).

Vietnam recorded average forestry production value growth of 6 percent per year, nearly doubling the target of the national forestry development strategy following 10 years of implementation.

The 17th International Agriculture Trade Fair 2017 (Agroviet 2017) will take place at Phu Tho Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City’s Ward 11 from September 21-24, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

President Tran Dai Quang has asked authorities of the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai to take synchronous measures to improve growth quality and promote economic development in a more rapid and sustainable manner.

Vietnam aims to increase the total forest coverage to 42 percent, equivalent to 14.4 million hectares, by 2020.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc inspected recovery efforts in Sa Pa district, in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai on January 28 following the recent severe cold spell.

Forestry production growth in 2015 recorded a relatively high increase of 7.9 percent over the previous year, announced the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development aims to address difficulties facing agro-fishery-forestry production in a bid to boost export.