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On September 30, 2022, in Tuyen Quang city, Tuyen Quang province, the General Department of Forestry in collaboration with the Tuyen Quang Department of Agriculture and Rural Development held a conference to promote investment in wood and forest product processing in the Northern mountainous provinces. There were more than 100 delegates attending the conference. They… Continue reading Promoting investment in wood and forest product processing in the Northern mountainous provinces Conference

On September 9 and 10, 2022, Vietnam Forest Certification Office (VFCO) organized a training course for auditors and experts on sustainable forest management under the Vietnam Forest Certification Scheme (VFCS). The face-to-face training course was held at VFCO and the training contents included the VFCS/PEFC ST 1003:2019 – Sustainable forest management standards; VFCS/PEFC ST 1004:2019… Continue reading Training for auditors and experts on assessment of sustainable forest management (VFCS SFM)

On 18 August 2022 in Quy Nhon city, Binh Dinh province, Vietnam Administration of Forestry – VNFOREST coordinate with Traffic to organize seminars “Sustainable forest management and responsible forest products trade” with the objective of creating market linkages between responsible forest growers, processors and traders. There were more than 40 delegates who are from VNFOREST,… Continue reading Sustainable forest management and responsible forest products trade

Sponsored by the JICA/SNRM2 project, a training course on sustainable forest management and forest certification was held from August 10 to 12, 2022, in Tuyen Quang city, Tuyen Quang province. There were 32 trainees who are officials and technical staff from the Department of Forest Protection and state forest company from JICA/SNRM2’s project province including… Continue reading Training on sustainable forest management and forest certification under the Vietnam Forest Certification Scheme (VFCS) in Tuyen Quang province

On 9 August 2022, Vietnam Forest Certification Office (VFCO) had a meeting with Mr. Christopher Martis – Director of CIFOR Germany, Ms. Pham Thu Thuy – Representative of CIFOR Vietnam and Ms Le Hoang Anh – Department of Science Technology and Environment, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. At the meeting, the parties exchanged cooperation,… Continue reading Reducing greenhouse gas emissions and sustainable forest management

On August 9, 2022, the National Agriculture Extension Center in collaboration with the Quang Tri Agricultural Extension Center organized an Agricultural Extension forum on the topic: “Solutions to develop wood material areas for the wood processing industry and export” in Dong Ha City, Quang Tri Province. Attending the conference were about 100 delegates from the… Continue reading Agriculture Extension Forum: Solutions to develop wood material areas for processing and export industries

On 2nd August 2022, in Hoa Binh City, the Management Board of “The Forest and Farm Facility II (FFF II)” – Vietnam Farmer’s Association collaboration with Hoa Binh Provincial Farmer’s Association organized a workshop to share experiences in building a network of forest and farm production organizations. FFF phase II program is implemented in Vietnam… Continue reading Sustainable forest and farm development adapting to climate change

On July 27th, 2022, at the Vietnam Administration of Forestry, the Vietnam Forest Certification Office (VFCO) participated in the 25th online meeting of the ASEAN Working Group on the implementation of the Forest Certification Scheme of the Member States. At the meeting, Mr. Vu Tan Phuong, Director of VFCO updated the progress and achievement of… Continue reading VFCO participates in the ASEAN Working Group on Sustainable Forest Management

In 2 days, 13th and 14th July 2022, Vietnam Forest Certification Office(VFCO) organized a training course for auditors to implement certification services on PEFC Chain of Custody (CoC) standard. This is the first training course taught by a Vietnamese expert who has been trained and  recognized through the program “PEFC pool experts”.   More than… Continue reading Training Course on PEFC CoC Standards

On the afternoon of June 10, 2022, in Ho Chi Minh City, SGS certification body cooperated with PEFC and the Vietnam Forest Certification Office (VFCO) to organize a technical workshop to introduce the national forest certification system VFCS and PEFC. Attending the workshop, there were over 80 delegates from more than 70 organizations and businesses… Continue reading VFCS/PEFC certification: A new solution to certification journey for Vietnam export of forest and wood products– Perspectives from certification bodies and businesses