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On June 9, 2022, the Vietnam Forest Certification Office (VFCO) participated in the Conference “Policy implementation, investment promotion for sustainable forest development and a preliminary review of 10 years of implementation of the Payment for Forest Environment Services in Thanh Hoa province”. The conference was organized by the Thanh Hoa Provincial Forest Protection and Development… Continue reading Promoting sustainable forest development – the foundation for sustainable development and realizing Vietnam’s net zero emissions target by 2050

The XV World Forestry Congress was hosted by the Government of the Republic of Korea and FAO, in Seoul, from 2 to 6 May 2022. The theme of this congress is “Building a Green, Healthy and Resilient Future with Forests”. Since the first World Forestry Congress was held in Rome in 1926, held about every… Continue reading Sustainable Forest Management at The XV World Forestry Congress

On April 29, 2022, the Vietnam Forest Certification Office (VFCO) and the Bureau of Accreditation (BOA) had a meeting to exchange and sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between VFCO and BOA. Attending the meeting and signing ceremony of MOU were Mr. Dang Quoc Quan – Deputy Director in charge of BOA, Mr. Vo Dai… Continue reading Promoting cooperation in the implementation of forest certification in Vietnam

In order to support enterprises and stakeholders to implement the Due Diligence System (DDS) and the Chain of Custody Standard (PEFC CoC), within the framework of the project “Forestry and Trade for Development in ASEAN” funded by UNREDD and implemented by PEFC in Southeast Asian countries, VFCO has developed a toolkit for implementation of Due… Continue reading Announcement of DDS Toolkit and The translation of PEFC GD 2001: 2022

Vietnam Forest Certification Office (VFCO) is a legal entity responsible for the management and operation of the Vietnam Forest Certification Scheme (VFCS). Within the framework of the project “Forestry and Trade for Development in ASEAN” funded by UNREDD and implemented by PEFC in Southeast Asian countries, VFCO has developed a toolkit for implementation of Due… Continue reading Announcement: Comments on DDS toolkit

In two days, April 13-14, 2022, the Vietnam Forest Certification Office (VFCO) cooperated with PEFC to participate in the biggest wood furniture fair of the year “Furniture Sourcing Day” organized by the Ho Chi Minh City’s Fine Arts and Woodworking Association (HAWA) held in Ho Chi Minh City. Participating in the fair are more than… Continue reading VFCO participates in the “Furniture Sourcing Day” organized by HAWA

Vietnamese Forest Certification Office (VFCO) is a legal entity responsible for the management and operation of the Vietnam Forest Certification System (VFCS). VFCO has now been authorized by the Program for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) to manage and grant the right to use the PEFC label in Vietnam. Based on these changes and… Continue reading Annoucement for the updated VFCS/PEFC standards and guidelines 2022

In 2 days, April 4th and 5th, 2022, VFCO and the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) coordinated to organize the “International Online Training Course on Chain of Custody Standards (CoC)”. There were 34 participants who are experts and members of certification organizations from many countries such as Vietnam, Malaysia, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia,… Continue reading Training course on PEFC CoC Standard

On March 28, 2022, the Vietnam Forest Certification Office (VFCO) and the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) jointly organized a Workshop on the application of ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015. There were 54 participants who were representatives of national governing bodies (NGBs), accreditation bodies (Abs), certification bodies (CBs), certification experts from South East Asian countries… Continue reading Workshop on sharing experiences in applying ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015 in accrediting certification bodies for forest certification under VFCS/PEFC

Vietnamese Forest Certification Office (VFCO) is a legal entity responsible for the management and operation of the Vietnam Forest Certification System (VFCS). VFCO has now been authorized by the Program for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) to manage and grant the right to use the PEFC label in Vietnam. Based on these changes, VFCO… Continue reading Announcement: Comments on VFCS standards and guidelines