Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Quoc Tri spoke at the meeting.
Receiving and working with the delegation were comrade Nguyen The Giang, member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; leaders of departments, branches; leaders of People's Committees of districts and cities.
Tuyen Quang is located in the middle of the key economic zone of the Northern Midlands and Mountains, with a total land area planned for forestry of 448,556 hectares, accounting for 76% of the natural area. The province's current forest area is 426,204.77 hectares, accounting for 7.93% compared to the provinces in the Northern Midlands and Mountains; accounting for 2.89% compared to the whole country.
In recent years, Tuyen Quang province's forestry economy has achieved many important and outstanding achievements: Annually, over 11,000 hectares of forest are planted, ranking among the top provinces with the largest forest plantation area in the country; forming a stable wood and paper plantation area of over 190,000 hectares, of which the large timber forest area is over 85,600 hectares; forest coverage rate reaches 65.18% (ranked 3rd in the country); annually exploiting over 1.1 million m3 of wood, ranking first in the northern mountainous provinces in terms of timber exploitation output; the forest area that has been granted sustainable forest certification ranks first in the country, reaching 83,231 hectares, of which: newly granted 57,865 hectares; re-granted 25,366 hectares.
In 2021, the province completed the arrangement and renovation of 5/5 forestry companies under the management of the province according to Decree 118/2014/ND-CP dated December 17, 2014 of the Government; there are 3 products including: Paper of An Hoa Paper Joint Stock Company; industrial boards and wooden products from planted forest wood of Woodsland Tuyen Quang Joint Stock Company have been recognized as Vietnam National Brand; forestry products are increasingly numerous and diverse in types and designs.
Comrade Nguyen The Giang, Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee spoke at the meeting.
The main products are household wooden furniture, base paper, printing paper, writing paper, photocopy paper, wooden chopsticks, paper packaging, acacia wood flooring, plywood, and export pellets, which are exported directly to the markets of the US, Thailand, Taiwan, China, Malaysia, and Japan, bringing in large foreign currency revenues for the province. The industrial production value of the forest products processing industry (at 2010 comparable prices) in 2024 is estimated at 4,791 billion VND. The export value of forest products in 2024 is expected to reach 47.7 million USD.
On December 31, 2023, the People's Committee of Tuyen Quang province submitted a document to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development for appraisal and submission to the Prime Minister for consideration and approval of the Project "Building Tuyen Quang into a High-tech Forestry Zone and Wood Production and Processing Center".
At the meeting, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Quoc Tri acknowledged: Forestry in Tuyen Quang province has the potential to develop strongly and become an important economic sector. Therefore, the project "Building Tuyen Quang into a high-tech forestry zone and a center for wood production and processing" is correct.
However, it is necessary to unify the viewpoint that the Project must be built according to the competent authority; the project name and development direction must not be changed according to sustainable forestry development; there must be no new apparatus or staff; any content that builds high technology must apply high technology to not only develop forestry to increase value but also many other values.
Delegates attending the meeting.
Tuyen Quang province has a plan for forestry development, with all legal conditions, so the province should propose to the Prime Minister to allow the province to self-approve the project. The Deputy Minister affirmed that the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will fully support Tuyen Quang province to implement the project.
He also requested Tuyen Quang province to strictly implement the Forestry Law; pay attention to attracting investment projects in the forestry sector in the 2026-2030 period; and develop a project to apply technology in forest protection.
Comrade Nguyen The Giang, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, accepted the opinions of the Delegation. In the coming time, the province will quickly complete the project according to the comments of the Working Group, ensuring its suitability for sustainable forestry development, bringing added value to the beneficiaries.
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