Prime Minister approves National Forestry Planning, expects to earn 20 billion USD from wood exports by 2025

The national forestry planning for the period 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050, aims to build the forestry sector into an economic and technical sector based on the establishment, management, protection, development and sustainable use of forest resources and forestry land; ensuring broad and equal participation of organizations and individuals in forestry activities, mobilizing social resources; maximizing the potential, role and value of forests for sustainable development; increasingly contributing to the process of socio-economic development, environmental protection, conservation of natural resources, biodiversity and response to climate change.

Wood and forestry product export value to reach 25 billion USD by 2030

The plan also sets specific goals such as: Ensuring a stable national forest cover rate of 42 - 43%, focusing on improving forest quality, especially existing natural forests.

The average growth rate of forestry production value is 5.0 - 5.5%/year. The export value of wooden furniture and forestry products reaches 20 billion USD in 2025 and 25 billion USD in 2030; the domestic consumption value of wooden furniture and forestry products reaches 5 billion USD (converted) in 2025 and 6 billion USD (converted) in 2030.

By 2025, the income value from production forests per unit area will increase 1.5 times, and by 2030 it will increase 2 times compared to 2020.

Staff of Duong Linh Production Company Limited survey and prepare documents to support FSC certification for production forests of household groups in Luc Nam district (Bac Giang). Photo: Bac Giang Newspaper.

By 2030, 100% of forest areas of forest owners are sustainably managed to improve the efficiency of conserving biodiversity and natural resources, ensure the protective function of forests, and minimize violations of forestry laws.

By 2050, develop the forestry sector into an economic and technical sector, promoting the potential and advantages of tropical forest resources; applying modern and environmentally friendly technology; creating many products and services with high added value, proactively participating in the global value supply chain; increasingly contributing to the sustainable development of the country; contributing to improving livelihoods, developing a green economy, a circular economy associated with preserving and promoting traditional cultural identities and living spaces of ethnic minorities; ensuring the maintenance of national defense and security...

According to the national forestry planning orientation to 2030, regarding forest development: Promote scientific research, select and create new varieties with high productivity and quality, fast-growing native tree varieties with productivity and quality to serve the development of production forests and large timber forests. Ensure an average supply of 575 million trees/year.

Building an international wood products trading center

By 2025, the forest area certified for sustainable forest management will reach about 500 thousand hectares and will reach about 1 million hectares by 2030.

Wood and forest products processing and trading: Prioritize the use of modern, automated, and specialized equipment. Encourage the development of technology to create high-quality, value-added products. Develop high-quality human resources through innovation of training program content, linking training with practice; training based on orders and business needs. Prioritize state budget for investment and upgrading of facilities for training units. Prioritize the development of wood trading centers in high-tech forestry zones; build 01 international wood products trading center; develop programs and plans for trade promotion, market development, etc.

To implement this planning, the Prime Minister assigns the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to be responsible for the accuracy of data, documents, diagrams, maps and databases in the planning dossier to ensure consistency with the content of this Decision, comply with the provisions of the law on planning and related regulations; store and retain approved planning dossiers in accordance with regulations.

Organize the announcement and publicization of the Planning according to the provisions of the law on planning; develop a plan to implement the Planning; provide relevant data to update the information system and national database on planning according to regulations; advise and propose the implementation of necessary tasks and solutions according to the provisions of the law on planning and related laws.

Preside over and coordinate with ministries, branches, People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities to manage and organize the implementation of the planning.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment shall coordinate with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to balance and arrange investment capital from the state budget to implement the planning according to the provisions of the Law on Public Investment; coordinate with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and relevant agencies to inspect and supervise the implementation of the National Forestry Planning to ensure compliance with related planning.

The Ministry of Finance shall preside over and coordinate with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to balance and arrange public funding from the central budget to implement the contents of the National Forestry Planning; coordinate in inspecting and supervising the implementation of forestry planning, ensuring compliance with related planning.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment shall preside over the unified management of land use planning and plans; coordinate with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to guide localities in implementing forestry planning, conserving biodiversity, protecting the environment and responding to climate change; inspect and supervise the implementation of forest protection and development management to ensure consistency with land management.

Source: https://danviet.vn/thu-tuong-chinh-phu-phe-duyet-quy-hoach-lam-nghiep-quoc-gia-ky-vong-nam-2025-thu-20-ty-usd-tu-xuat-khau-go-20240826223019006.htm