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THE GOVERNMENT
OF VIETNAM
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SOCIALIST
REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No. 58/2024/ND-CP
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Hanoi, May 24,
2024
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DECREE
ON
INVESTMENT POLICIES IN FORESTRY
Pursuant to the Law on Government Organization
dated June 19, 2015; the Law on amendment to the Law on Government Organization
and the Law on Local Government Organization dated November 22, 2019;
Pursuant to the Law on Forestry dated November
15, 2017;
Pursuant to the Law on State Budget dated June
25, 2015;
Pursuant to the Law on Public Investment dated
June 13, 2019;
Pursuant to the Law on Investment dated June 17,
2020;
Pursuant to the Construction Law dated June 18,
2014; the Law on amendment to the Construction Law dated June 17, 2020;
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The Government promulgates Decree on investment
policies in forestry.
Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Scope
This Decree prescribes policies pertaining to investment
in forest protection and development, forest product processing.
Article 2. Regulated entities
State agencies, organizations, households,
individuals, and residential communities related to forest protection and
development and forest product processing.
Article 3. Definitions
In this Decree, terms below are construed as
follows:
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2. “Investment funding” means the use of state
budget and legal funding sources to partially finance investment capital
necessary for forest protection and development, forest product processing as
per the law.
3. “Post-investment funding” means the use of state
budget and other legal funding sources to support organizations, households,
individuals, residential communities that have performed forest protection and
development and forest product processing activities which have been
commissioned and acceptance tested by competent authority.
4. “Hi-tech forestry industrial area” means a
hi-tech industrial area for forestry industry in accordance with hi-tech laws;
a site for research and application in development, production of hi-tech
products, new technology products in forestry, including: forest cultivars,
mechanization in forestation, forest care and operation, forest product
processing, and production of auxiliary products in wood and forest product
processing industries.
5. “Silviculture works” means an agriculture and
rural development works created as a result of silviculture investment
activities such as natural regeneration zoning and promotion, natural
regeneration zoning and promotion with additional forestation, natural forest
nursing, natural forest enrichment, natural reforestation, aforestation,
cultivated forest care, cultivated forest nursing; construction of necessary
technical infrastructures for forest protection and development.
6. “Zone II commune” means a commune with difficult
socio-economic conditions; “zone III commune” means a commune with difficult
socio-economic conditions in areas of ethnic minorities and mountainous regions
according to criteria of the Prime Minister.
7. “Coastal land” means communes, wards, districts,
towns that meet the ocean.
8. “residential community” has the meaning
attributed to it under Clause 24 Article 2 of the Law on Forestry.
Article 4. Rules of forestry
investment
1. The Government ensures resources for special-use
and protection forest management, protection, and development; grants funding
for protection and development of natural production forests during closed down
period appropriate to balance capability of funding from state budget in
medium-term and annual plan.
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Chapter II
POLICIES PERTAINING TO
FOREST PROTECTION AND DEVELOPMENT, FOREST PRODUCT PROCESSING
Section 1. POLICIES FOR
SPECIAL-USE FOREST
Article 5. Granting of funding
for special-use forest protection
1. Entities:
a) Management board of special-use forest;
b) Management board of protection forest;
c) Residential communities;
d) Other entities under Clauses 2, 3, and 4 Article
8 of the Law on Agriculture.
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a) Entities under Point a and Point b Clause 1 of this
Article are eligible for an average forest protection funding of 150.000
VND/ha/year from the Government over total special-use forest that they are
assigned to, in addition to recurrent professional expenditure for operation of
forest management board.
b) Entities under Point c and Point d Clause 1 of
this Article are eligible for an average forest protection funding of 500.000
VND/ha/year from the Government over total forest area that they are assigned.
c) Forest protection expenditure in zone II, zone
III communes equals 1,2 times the average amount; forest protection expenditure
in coastal land equals 1,5 times the average amount under Point a and Point b
of this Clause.
d) Expenditure on producing initial dossiers on
forest protection for entities under Point c Clause 1 of this Article is 50.000
VND/ha; expenditure on managing, inspecting, commissioning and acceptance
testing is 7% of total annual expenditure on forest protection.
3. Expenditure entry:
a) Entities under Point a Clause 1 of this Article
shall:
Delegate forest protection to local households,
individuals, and residential communities in accordance with Article 19 hereof;
Pay salaries to forest protection forces that do
not receive salaries from state budget; hire forest protection employees;
Procure, repair forest protection equipment and
support tools, PPE for forest protection for forest protection forces;
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Pay for development of forest fire prevention and
firefighting solutions; organize forest fire drill; organize additional fire
lookouts and firefighting shifts in dry months and organize conferences for
forest protection;
Pay for travel, instructions, inspection, supervision,
and local meeting costs in accordance with Article 8 hereof;
Perform other forest protection activities in
accordance with forestry laws.
b) Entities under Point b Clause 1 of this Article
shall delegate forest protection to local households, individuals, and
residential communities in accordance with Article 19 hereof and:
Pay salaries to forest protection forces that do
not receive salaries from state budget; hire forest protection employees;
Procure, repair forest protection equipment and
support tools, PPE for forest protection for forest protection forces;
Assist forces in scouring, patrolling, supervising
for forest protection purpose; provide professional training for forest
protection forces; sign agreements, commitment pertaining to forest protection,
forest fire prevention and firefighting; raise community’s awareness regarding
forest protection; communicate and educate the law within the local community;
Pay for development of forest fire prevention and
firefighting solutions; organize forest fire drill; organize additional fire
lookouts and firefighting shifts in dry months and organize conferences for
forest protection;
Perform other forest protection activities in
accordance with forestry laws.
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d) Entities under Point d Clause 1 of this Article:
in case of state enterprises, delegate forest protection to local households,
individuals, residential communities in accordance with Article 19 hereof and
perform other forest protection activities decided by forest caretakers in
accordance with forestry laws. In case of other organizations, perform forest
management and protection in accordance with sustainable forest management
solution and decision of forest caretakers in accordance with forestry laws.
dd) Depending on annually allocated state budget,
entities under Clause 1 of this Article shall prioritize expenditure on forest
protection in areas with high risk of forest resource violation; forests with
high biodiversity requiring protection.
4. Procedures:
a) Entities under Point a and Point b Clause 1 of
this Article shall proceed as follows:
Depending on expenditure estimates on forest
management and protection allocated on an annual basis, the Minister of
Agriculture and Rural Development shall decide to grant funding to each forest
management board affiliated to the Ministry; Chairpersons of People’s
Committees of districts shall decide to grant funding to each district-level
forest management board;
Depending on estimates allocated by competent
authority, forest management board shall produce dossiers and approve design,
expenditure estimates on entries under Clause 3 of this Article in accordance
with Article 28, Article 30, and Article 32 hereof.
b) Entities under Point c Clause 1 of this Article
shall proceed as follows:
Methods for granting funding: depending on area of
forest allocated and forest protection results between forest caretakers that
are local communities and People’s Committees of communes. Implementation
period: annually or under three-yearly or five-yearly plan;
On an annual basis, People’s Committees of communes
must cooperate with local forest rangers in commissioning, evaluating forest
protection results of local communities;
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Annual commissioning results serve as the basis for
payment and settlement of the funding.
c) Entities under Point d Clause 1 of this Article:
for enterprises adhering to Decree No. 32/2019/ND-CP dated April 10 of 2019 of
the Government. For other organizations having expenditure estimates approved
by the Government.
Article 6. Granting of funding
for natural regeneration zoning and promotion, natural regeneration zoning and
promotion with additional forestation under special-use forest planning
1. Entities: forest caretakers that are
organizations, local communities implementing natural regeneration zoning and
promotion, natural regeneration zoning and promotion with additional
forestation.
2. Funding entries and amount:
a) Natural regeneration zoning and promotion:
average of 1.000.000 VND/ha/year for 6 years. Funding for coastal lands equals
1,5 times the average amount;
b) Natural regeneration zoning and promotion with
additional forestation: average of 2.000.000 VND/ha/year for the first 3 years
and 1.000.000 VND/ha/year for the next 3 years;
c) Funding for producing initial dossiers for natural
regeneration zoning and promotion is 50.000 VND/ha; funding for producing
design and estimates dossiers for natural regeneration zoning and promotion
with additional forestation is determined by approved estimates; funding for
management, inspection, and commissioning natural regeneration zoning and
promotion, natural regeneration zoning and promotion with additional
forestation is 7% of total annual funding for commissioning natural
regeneration zoning and promotion, natural regeneration zoning and promotion
with additional forestation.
3. Approve design and estimates on commissioning
natural regeneration zoning and promotion, natural regeneration zoning and
promotion with additional forestation of special-use forest in accordance with
Article 32 hereof.
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1. Entities: forest caretakers that are
organizations, local communities performing forestation, nursing natural
forest, enriching special-use forest.
2. Investment: depending on economic - technical
norms, design and estimates of silviculture works approved by competent
authority.
3. Procedures for producing, appraising, and
approving design, investment estimates for forestation, nursing of natural forest,
and enrichment of special-use forest conform to Articles 29, 30, and 31 hereof.
Article 8. Funding for
livelihood development and life improvement of inhabitants in buffer zones of
special-use forest
1. Entities and amount: local communities in buffer
zones of special-use forest are eligible for an average funding of 50.000.000
VND/community/year.
2. Funding entry:
Depending on funding sources, local communities
shall determine entries eligible for funding in the following order of
priority:
a) Agricultural extension, forestry extension,
cultivar, domestic animal breed; small-scale agriculture and forestry product
processing equipment;
b) Construction materials for public structures of
local communities such as clean water, electric lighting, communication, rural
roads, cultural houses, and other structures.
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a) Local communities successful in protecting the
forest and preventing serious violations in forest protection;
b) Plans and estimates are approved; commitment is
made with management of special-use forest to protect the forest;
c) Said entry has not been funded under investment
projects, other state budget funding approved by competent authority.
4. Funding procedures:
a) Produce plan, estimates, and approve funding
expenditure:
On an annual basis, heads of hamlets shall hold
meetings with the local community regarding proposed details, plans, estimates
of funding expenditure and produce meeting record using Form No. 1, produce
plans, estimates of funding expenditure using Form No. 2 under Appendix 2
attached hereto and send to People’s Committees of communes and management
board of special-use forest;
Management board of special-use forest shall take
charge and cooperate with People’s Committees of communes in holding meetings
with local community which request for funding and approving the plans,
estimates of funding expenditure of the local community.
b) Use the funding:
Local community shall organize implementation of approved
plans, estimates of funding expenditure. In respect of details that cannot be
implemented by local community, local community shall request People’s
Committees of communes or management board of special-use forest to assist in
implementation;
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c) Commission and supervise implementation:
Local community shall, at their discretion,
supervise implementation of the plans, funding expenditure in accordance with
grassroots democracy laws;
Where entries of funding are fulfilled or the year
ends, management board of special-use forest shall cooperate with People‘s
Committees of communes in commissioning. Commissioning results are written in
commissioning records. Individuals participating in the commissioning include
representatives of management board of special-use forest, People’s Committees
of communes, and local community. Commissioning details include:
For agricultural extension and forestry extension
activities: commission according to plans and estimates of funding;
For cultivar, domestic animal breed, small-scale
agriculture, forestry product processing equipment: commission according to
plans and estimates of funding and invoices or receipts (where invoices are not
available) and recipient list containing signature of households, individuals,
artels (if any);
For construction materials for public rural structures:
commissioning quantity and load of materials according to plans and estimates.
In respect of co-funded structures, signatures of project management board are
also required.
Section 2. POLICIES FOR
PROTECTION FOREST
Article 9. Granting of funding
for protection of protection forest
1. Entities:
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b) Management board of special-use forest;
c) State-owned enterprises;
d) Households, individuals, and local communities;
dd) People's Committees of communes managing forest
that has not been delegated or leased;
e) Other entities according to Clause 3, Clause 4
Article 8 of the Law on Forestry.
2. Funding amount:
a) Entities under Point a Clause 1 of this Article
are eligible for an average forest protection funding of 500.000 VND/ha/year
from the Government over total special-use forest that they are assigned to, in
addition to recurrent professional expenditure for operation of forest
management board.
B Entities under Point b Clause 1 of this Article
are eligible for forest protection funding from the Government in accordance
with Point a Clause 2 Article 5 hereof.
c) Entities under Points c, d, and e Clause 1 of
this Article are eligible for forest protection funding from the Government in
accordance with Point b Clause 2 Article 5 hereof.
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dd) Forest protection expenditure in zone II, zone
III communes equals 1,2 times the average amount; forest protection expenditure
in coastal land equals 1,5 times the average amount under Points a, b, c, and d
of this Clause.
e) Expenditure on producing initial dossiers on forest
protection for entities under Point d Clause 1 of this Article is 50.000
VND/ha; expenditure on managing, inspecting, commissioning and acceptance
testing is 7% of total annual expenditure on forest protection.
3. Expenditure entry:
a) Entities under Point a Clause 1 of this Article
conform to Point b Clause 3 Article 5 hereof.
b) Entities under Point b Clause 1 of this Article
conform to Point a Clause 3 Article 5 hereof.
c) Entities under Point c Clause 1 of this Article
delegate forest protection to local households, individuals, residential
communities in accordance with Article 19 hereof and perform other forest
protection activities decided by forest owners in accordance with forestry
laws.
d) Entities under Point d Clause 1 of this Article
conform to Point c Clause 3 Article 5 hereof.
dd) Entities under Point dd Clause 1 of this
Article shall:
Maintain regular operation of forest protection
teams and volunteers; publicize and educate forest protection laws;
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Expenditure on development of forest fire fighting
and prevention solutions and forest fire drill;
Expenditure on management, inspection, supervision
of forest protection; expenditure on producing and receiving request for forest
delegation, rent and agriculture land allocation and rent for organizations,
households, individuals, and local community within their competence.
e) Entities under Point e Clause 1 of this Article
shall implement forest management and protection in accordance with sustainable
forest management solutions and decision caretakers in accordance with forestry
laws.
g) Based on annually allocated state budget,
entities under Clause 1 of this Article shall prioritize expenditure on
protection of forest prone to high risk of forest resource violation and vital
forest requiring protection.
4. Procedures:
a) Entities under Point a and Point b Clause 1 of
this Article conform to Point a Clause 4 Article 5 hereof.
b) Entities under Points c and e Clause 1 of this
Article shall conform to Point c Clause 4 Article 5 hereof.
c) Entities under Point d Clause 1 of this Article
shall conform to Point b Clause 4 Article 5 hereof.
d) Entities under Point dd Clause 1 of this Article
shall:
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Article 10. Granting of
funding for natural regeneration zoning and promotion, natural regeneration
zoning and promotion with additional forestation under special-use forest
planning
1. Entities: forest caretakers that are
organizations, local communities implementing natural regeneration zoning and
promotion, natural regeneration zoning and promotion with additional
forestation.
2. Entries and amount of funding conform to Clause
2 Article 6 hereof.
3. Approve design and estimates on commissioning
natural regeneration zoning and promotion, natural regeneration zoning and
promotion with additional forestation of special-use forest in accordance with
Article 32 hereof.
Article 11. Investment in
forestation, natural forest nursing, and enrichment of protection forest
1. Entities: forest caretakers that are
organizations, households, individuals, local community performing
aforestation, nursing natural forest, enriching protection forest.
2. Investment in forestation, nursing of natural
forest, and enrichment of protection forest conforms to Clause 2 Article 7
hereof.
3. Procedures for producing, appraising, and
approving design, investment estimates for forestation, nursing of natural
forest, and enrichment of protection forest conform to Articles 29, 30, and 31
hereof.
Section 3. POLICIES FOR
PRODUCTION FOREST
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1. Entities:
a) Management board of special-use forest;
b) Management board of protection forest;
c) State-owned enterprises assigned with natural
production forest by the Government before January 1 of 2019;
d) Households, individuals, local communities;
dd) People’s Committees of communes managing forest
area that has not been delegated or leased;
e) Other entities according to Clause 2, Clause 3
Article 8 of the Law on Forestry.
2. Funding amount:
a) Entities under Points a, b, and dd Clause 1 of
this Article are eligible for an average forest protection funding of 150.000 VND/ha/year
over total natural production forest delegated to them.
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c) Forest protection expenditure in zone II, zone
III communes equals 1,2 times the average amount; forest protection expenditure
in coastal land equals 1,5 times the average amount under Point a and Point b
of this Clause.
d) Expenditure on producing initial dossiers on
forest protection for entities under Point d Clause 1 of this Article is 50.000
VND/ha; expenditure on managing, inspecting, commissioning and acceptance
testing is 7% of total annual expenditure on forest protection.
3. Expenditure entry:
a) Entities under Point a Clause 1 of this Article
conform to Point a Clause 3 Article 5 hereof.
b) Entities under Point b Clause 1 of this Article
conform to Point b Clause 3 Article 5 hereof.
c) Entities under Points c and e Clause 1 of this
Article conform to Point d Clause 3 Article 5 hereof.
d) Entities under Point d Clause 1 of this Article
conform to Point c Clause 3 Article 5 hereof.
dd) Entities under Point dd Clause 1 of this
Article conform to Point dd Clause 3 Article 9 hereof.
e) Depending on annually allocated state budget,
entities under Clause 1 of this Article shall prioritize protection of forest
prone to high risk of forest resource violation.
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a) Entities under Point a and Point b Clause 1 of
this Article conform to Point a Clause 4 Article 5 hereof.
b) Entities under Points c and e Clause 1 of this
Article shall conform to Point c Clause 4 Article 5 hereof.
c) Entities under Point d Clause 1 of this Article
shall conform to Point b Clause 4 Article 5 hereof.
d) Entities under Point dd Clause 1 of this Article
shall conform to Point d Clause 4 Article 9 hereof.
Article 13. Funding for
natural regeneration zoning and promotion with additional forestation of
natural production forest
1. Entities: forest caretakers that are
organizations, households of the Kinh ethnic group that are poor households,
households in ethnic minorities, individuals, communities living in border
communes, island communes, regions of ethnic minorities and mountainous regions
according to regulations of the Prime Minister implementing natural
regeneration zoning and promotion with additional forestation of natural
production forest .
2. Average funding amount of 8.000.000 VND/ha.
Expenditure on producing design dossiers, estimates of natural regeneration
zoning and promotion with additional forestation is determined by approved
estimates; expenditure on management, inspection, commissioning of natural
regeneration zoning and promotion with additional forestation is 7% over total
annual expenditure on natural regeneration zoning and promotion with additional
forestation.
3. Approve design, estimates on natural
regeneration zoning and promotion with additional forestation in accordance
with Article 32 hereof.
Article 14. Funding for forestation
of production forest and development of non-timber forest products
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2. Funding amount:
a) An average lump-sum funding of 15.000.000
VND/ha/cycle for purchase of plants, materials, fertilizers in respect of
timber trees and non-timber product trees depending on business cycle of the
plants.
b) Funding for forestry extension activities:
500.000 VND/ha/4 years (1 year of planting and 3 years of care).
c) Lump-sum funding for survey and design
expenditure; management, inspection, and commissioning expenditure conforms to
approved estimates.
3. Eligibility for funding:
a) The entities have production forest land
allocated, leased by competent authority or have certificate of land use right
or have been steadily using land in accordance with land laws and without
disputes; area that has been invested by the government or using loan capital
of the Government is not eligible for funding; funding does not repeat in the
same program or project;
b) Cultivars for forestation of forest caretakers
must be accompanied by adequate documents according to regulations of the
Government on management of agriculture cultivars.
4. Funding method: investment funding or
post-investment funding under projects approved by competent authority.
People’s Committees of provinces assign forestry
authority or People’s Committees of districts to produce and act as developers
of funding projects for forestation of production forest and development of
non-timber forest products in the area and request People’s Committees of
provinces to approve.
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1. Entities: Forest caretakers that are
enterprises, households, and individuals planting large-timber forest on
allocated, leased forestry land.
2. In respect of forest caretakers that are
households and individuals
They are eligible for commercial loan interest rate
subsidies from local government budget:
a) Amount: equal the difference between interest of
commercial loan and interest of credit loan of the Government over total actual
outstanding debt at the time of reviewing funding;
b) Duration of interest subsidies: from the
disbursement date under credit agreement signed with commercial banks and up to
12 years;
c) Loan eligible for interest subsidies: up to 70%
of total loan taken at commercial banks;
d) Eligibility for funding:
The entities have land for production forest
allocated, leased by competent authority or according to certificate of land
use right or have been using land steadily according to land laws and without
disputes;
The entities have not received interest subsidies
from state budget or other policies.
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Forest caretakers shall submit application to
People’s Committees of districts in person or via post service or online.
Application consists of: written request for interest subsidies using Form No.
3 under Appendix attached hereto; forestation and care design for the first
year using Form No. 4 under Appendix attached hereto; copies of credit
agreements signed between forest caretakers and commercial banks;
In case of adequate application, People’s
Committees of districts must respond the applicants in writing within 2 working
days after receiving the application;
Within 20 days after receiving adequate
application, People’s Committees of districts shall take charge, cooperate with
relevant agencies in verifying the applications, producing request for interest
subsidies and issuing records confirming eligibility for credit interest
subsidies using Form No. 5 under Appendix attached hereto and requesting
People’s Committees of provinces to decide. In case of rejection, People’s
Committees of provinces must respond in writing and state reasons for
rejection;
e) People's Councils of provinces shall decide on
interest subsidies appropriate to local socio-economic conditions;
g) Production of estimates and settlement of
interest subsidies shall conform to the Law on State Budget and other relevant
law provisions.
3. In respect of forest caretakers that are
enterprises
The entities are eligible for investment funding policies;
procedures for investment funding conform to regulations of the Government
pertaining to policies incentivizing enterprises to invest in agriculture,
rural areas, and regulations on credit policies serving agriculture, rural area
development.
Article 16. Funding for
development of sustainable forest management solutions and issuance of
sustainable forest management certificate
1. Entities: forest caretakers having production
forest, other than forest caretakers that are foreign-invested enterprises.
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a) Funding amount: a lump-sump funding for
development of sustainable forest management solutions and issuance of
sustainable forest management certificate of up to 400.000 VND/ha.
b) Funding method: post-investment funding.
3. Eligibility for funding:
a) Having sustainable forest management projects
and sustainable forest management certificate approved by People’s Committees
of provinces;
b) Having cultivated production forest to which sustainable
forest management certificate is issued.
4. Funding procedures:
a) Departments of Agriculture and Rural Development
shall develop sustainable forest management projects and issue sustainable
forest management certificate in the provinces which indicate scale, location,
area, list of forest caretakers, and funding sources approved by People’s
Committees of provinces;
b) On an annual basis, People's Committees of
provinces shall assign approved estimates on funding for development of
sustainable forest management solutions and issuance of sustainable forest
management certificate under Point a of this Clause to Departments of
Agriculture and Rural Development in order to grant funding for forest
caretakers that are organizations and assign estimates on funding for
development of sustainable forest management solutions and issuance of
sustainable forest management certificate to People's Committees of districts
in order to grant funding for forest caretakers that are households,
individuals, local communities via People’s Committees of communes;
c) In respect of forest caretakers that are
organizations: once sustainable forest management certificate is issued to an
area of forest, send request for funding for development of sustainable forest
management solutions and issuance of sustainable forest management certificate
using Form No. 6 under this Decree to Departments of Agriculture and Rural
Development;
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d) In respect of forest caretakers that are
households, individuals, local communities forming household groups and
assigning representatives: once sustainable forest management certificate is
issued to the forest, representatives of household groups shall send request
for funding for development of sustainable forest development solutions and
issuance of sustainable forest management certificate using Form No. 7 under
Appendix attached hereto to People’s Committees of communes;
People’s Committees of communes shall rely on
estimates allocated by People’s Committees of districts on an annual basis to
inspect the request and grant funding for representatives of household groups
and settle funding expenditure in accordance with the Law on State Budget. In
case of rejection, People’s Committees of communes must respond in writing and
state reason.
Article 17. Funding for
construction of forestry routes and fire trails in production forest
1. Construction of forestry routes
a) Entities and eligibility for funding: production
forest area with minimum concentrated production scale of 500 ha;
b) Maximum funding for construction of forestry
routes is 450.000.000 VND/km;
c) Procedures for funding construction of forestry
routes conform to Clause 5 Article 27 hereof.
2. Construction of fire trails
a) Entities and eligibility for funding: fire
trails in production forest with minimum concentrated production scale of 500
ha;
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c) Procedures for funding construction of fire
trails conform to Clause 5 Article 27 hereof.
Article 18. Funding for
development cooperation and connection of production forest with processing and
consumption of forest products
1. Entities: forest caretakers cooperating,
connecting with enterprises processing, commercializing forest products.
2. Eligibility for funding:
Parties to the connection must meet requirements
below:
a) The parties enter into contracts, projects
connecting production forest with processing and consumption of forest products
in accordance with Articles 4, 5, and 6 of Decree No. 98/2018/ND-CP dated July
5 of 2018 of the Government;
b) Projects connecting production forest with
processing, consumption of forest products conform to local socio-economic
development planning;
c) Minimum duration of connection is 7 years.
3. Funding entries, funding amount, and funding
procedures conform to Articles 7, 8, 9, and 12 of Decree No. 98/2018/ND-CP.
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Article 19. Forest protection
delegation
1. Entities under Point a, Point b Clause 1 Article
5, Points a, b, and c Clause 1 Article 9, Points a, b, and c Clause 1 Article
12 shall prioritize forest protection delegation: forest adjoining residential
areas consisting of households of ethnic minorities, poor households of Kinh
ethnic group in zone II, zone III communes, households, individuals, and local
communities; forest adjoining areas under high risk of forest resource
violation.
2. Eligibility and fee for forest protection
delegation conform to Article 4, Clause 2 Article 6 of Decree No.
168/2016/ND-CP dated December 27 of 2016 of the Government.
3. Forest protection delegation fees:
a) Delegation fees for protection of natural special-use
forest, natural protection forest, natural production forest from the state
budget is on average 500.000 VND/ha/year. Delegation fees for forest in zone
II, zone III communes equal 1,2 times the average amount; delegation fees for
forest in coastal lands equal 1,5 times the average amount.
b) Fees for producing initial dossiers on forest
protection delegation is 50.000 VND/ha; expenditure on forest protection
management, inspection, and commissioning is 7% of total annual expenditure on
forest protection.
4. Funding for forest protection delegation is
sourced from funding granted to forest caretakers by the Government under
Clause 2 Article 5; Clause 2 Article 9 and Clause 2 Article 12 hereof and other
legitimate funding sources.
5. Methods for delegating forest protection conform
to annual contracts for forest protection delegation. On an annual basis, the
delegating party is responsible for commissioning contract implementation
results of the delegated party according to regulations of the Ministry of
Agriculture and Rural Development.
Article 20. Forest
firefighting expenditure
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a) Forest caretakers according to Article 8 of the
Law on Forestry;
b) People’s Committees of communes managing forest
area that has not been delegated or leased;
c) Forest authority of all levels, agencies,
organizations, individuals, and forces participating in forest firefighting.
2. Entries and funding amount:
a) Meal allowances for firefighting forces and
individuals participating in firefighting (regardless of whether these
individuals receive salaries from state budget or not) according to
mobilization, rally order of competent authority equal up to 0,4 times the
regional minimum salaries/meal;
b) Individuals mobilized, rallied to participate in
forest firefighting and serving forest firefighting under mobilization, rally
order are eligible for benefits and policies under Article 34 of Decree No.
136/2020/ND-CP dated November 24 of 2020 of the Government. Duration of forest
firefighting starts from the moment in which participating individuals receive
mobilization, rally order until the fire is extinguished and a notice is issued
by competent individual.
Where participating individuals fight forest fire
far away from their location of residence and daily commute is not feasible,
they shall be assigned with accommodation, meals, traffic, travel costs, or
round-trip travel fees according to regulations on work trip of the Ministry of
Finance; receive meal allowances according to regulations of People’s
Committees of provinces.
c) Procurement of drinking water, fuel, repair,
compensation to mobilized, hired vehicles and equipment serving forest
firefighting. Where vehicles, equipment of the mobilized, rallied individuals
(except for those of forest caretakers) are mobilized for firefighting, such
individuals are eligible for reimbursement of fuel cost, repair costs, or
compensation for damage (where applicable) in accordance with applicable laws.
3. Funding sources:
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b) Depending on forest firefighting activities and
regulations and policies, People’s Committees of provinces, districts, and
communes shall decide to use funding from local government budget and other
legitimate financial sources to cover expenditure demands for forest
firefighting that arise outside of annually approved expenditure estimates;
c) Depending on forest firefighting activities and
regulations and policies, ministries and central departments shall decide to
allocate expenditure from budget of the Ministry and other financial sources to
fulfill expenditure demands for forest firefighting in respect of forest under
management of ministries, central departments and to affiliated entities
mobilized to participate in forest firefighting that arise outside of annually
approved expenditure estimates.
4. Competent authority mobilizing, rallying forest
firefighting forces are responsible for paying forest firefighting forces that
they mobilize from state budget. Forest caretakers are responsible for paying
for forces that they mobilize from their funding sources.
Article 21. Rice aid for
forest protection and development
1. Entities and eligibility: poor household,
households of ethnic minorities in zone II and zone III communes implementing
forest protection, natural regeneration zoning and promotion with additional
forestation, forestation of protection forest, production forest, and
development of non-timber forest products, forestation as a change to shifting
cultivation method, forestation as a substitute for paddy land according to
decision of the Prime Minister.
2. Amount: 15 kg of rice/mouth/month for the period
where food self-sufficient is not guaranteed. Chairpersons of People’s
Committees of provinces shall decide on entities eligible for aid, amount, aid
method depending on area, number of mouths appropriate to actual local
conditions and duration of aid which is up to 7 years in a manner that adheres
to the principles below:
a) Rice aid granted to households implementing
forestation as a substitute for paddy land in the year depends on actual
forestation area and duration of the lack of food self-sufficiency which is up
to 6 months and does not exceed 450 kg/year;
b) Rice aid granted to households implementing
forest protection and development in the year depends on area of forest
protected and developed and for the duration of the lack of food
self-sufficiency which is up to 4 months and does not exceed 300 kg/year;
c) Where a household implements forestation as a
substitute for paddy land and forest protection and development, they shall be
eligible for the higher aid;
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3. Eligibility for rice aid:
Entities under Clause 1 of this Article eligible
for rice aid for forest protection and development must meet any of the
eligibility below:
a) They have certificate of land use right or
decision on land allocation or lease of competent authority or have been steadily
using land in accordance with land laws and without disputes; implement forest
protection in accordance with Articles 5, 9, and 12; implement natural
regeneration zoning and promotion with additional forestation; implement
forestation of protection forest in accordance with Article 11, production
forest and non-timber forest product development in accordance with Article 14
hereof and undergo acceptance testing conducted by competent authority on an
annual basis;
b) They have contracts for forest protection
delegation in accordance with Clause 5 Article 19; implement forest protection
under delegation in accordance with Article 19 hereof and undergo acceptance
testing conducted by competent authority on an annual basis.
4. Type of rice for aid conforms to the applicable
national technical regulations on national rice reserve.
5. Provide rice aid via funding sources of programs
and projects:
a) People’s Committees of provinces shall assign
project developers or affiliated entities to develop rice aid projects for
forest protection, natural regeneration zoning and promotion with additional
forestation, forestation of protection forest, production forest and non-timber
forest product development, forestation as a substitute for paddy land; grant
rice aid to households in project areas on a periodic basis in each hamlet
where the applicable households are located. Depending on practical local
conditions, Chairpersons of People’s Committees of provinces shall decide on
number of aid instances up to once every 3 months;
b) Depending on approved rice aid projects, project
developers or organizations, entities assigned to provide rice aid shall
produce list of participating households, quantity of rice aid provided to each
household using Form No. 9 and Form No. 10 under Appendix attached hereto;
c) Rice aid is provided when a household begins to
implement forest protection, natural regeneration zoning and promotion with
additional forestation, forestation of protection forest, production forest and
non-timber forest product development, forestation as a substitute for paddy
land and is recorded using Form No. 11 and Form No. 12 under Appendix attached
hereto.
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a) People’s Committees of provinces shall
consolidate list, quantity of rice provided, duration of aid and report to
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Committee for Ethnic Affairs,
and Ministry of Finance; on the basis of request of local government and
remarks of the Ministry of Finance, Committee for Ethnic Affairs and Ministry
of Agriculture and Rural Development shall take charge and request the Prime
Minister to consider and approve rice aid;
b) Depending on decision of Prime Minister, the
Ministry of Finance shall assign the General Department of State Reserves to
source rice from state reserve to local government as per the law. Project
developers or organizations, entities assigned to provide rice aid shall
provide rice aid to households in accordance with Clause 5 of this Article.
Article 22. Funding for
construction of forestry cultivar production facilities
1. Entities: organizations, households, individuals
investing in production of forestry cultivars.
2. Funding entry:
a) Development of cultivar forest, cultivar
gardens, and prime forestry garden;
b) Development of high quality forestry cultivar
production centers;
c) Development of arboretums.
3. Funding amount:
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b) Maximum funding of 55.000.000 VND/ha for
development of new cultivar forest of a minimum area of 2,0 ha, new cultivar
garden of a minimum area of 1,0 ha; maximum funding of 25.000.000 VND/ha for
development of converted cultivar forest of a minimum area of 1,0 ha, prime
forestry garden of a minimum area of 500 m2;
c) Maximum funding of 5.000.000.000 VND per project
or construction of high quality forestry cultivar production facility of minimum
production capacity of 1 million trees/year;
d) Maximum funding of 300.000.000 per project or
new construction of forestry arboretums that utilize in-vitro with minimum
construction area of 0,5 ha.
4. Funding eligibility: having separate investment
projects or investment projects included in forest protection and development
projects approved by competent authority.
5. Procedures for producing, appraising, deciding
on design, estimates of forestry cultivar production funding projects conform
to Clause 5 Article 27 hereof.
Article 23. Funding for
increasing tree coverage
1. Entities: organizations, households,
individuals, and local communities increasing tree coverage.
2. Funding amount: on average of 15.000.000 VND/ha
of additional tree coverage (converting 1.000 trees/ha) to fund the purchase of
cultivars, fertilizers and partially fund personnel costs; management,
inspection, and supervision of tree coverage increase.
3. Funding method and standards of cultivars shall
conform to tree coverage increase plan approved by competent authority.
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5. Funding procedures:
Departments of Agriculture and Rural Development
shall review, consolidate demands for increasing tree coverage of entities
under Clause 1 of this Article fulfilling eligibility for funding under Clause
4 of this Article in provinces, develop plans for increasing tree coverage and
expenditure estimates, request People's Committees of provinces to approve;
implement, commission, consolidate implementation results, and report to
People’s Committees of provinces and Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
as per the law.
Article 24. Funding for
investment of hi-tech forestry industrial areas
Small and medium enterprises investing in
construction, conducting business and services in hi-tech forestry industrial
areas are eligible for funding for technology, communication, counseling, human
resource development, start-up, participation in industry and value chain
connection with procedures for applying for funding conforming to Decree No.
80/2021/ND-CP dated August 26 of 2021 of the Government.
Article 25. Other
field-specific activities
1. The Government develops investment policies for
other field-specific activities, including:
a) Monitor, supervise development of forest
resources and biodiversity; investigate and inventory the forest; insect,
monitor, supervise, and evaluate implementation results of forestry strategies,
programs, schemes;
b) Manage forestry information and database;
c) Collect forest fauna and flora specimen;
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dd) Develop and implement sustainable management
solutions of natural special-use forest, protection forest, production forest;
e) Assign forest, identify boundary and place
forest boundary markers;
g) Maintain and develop cultivar forest, national
gardens;
h) Conduct basic forestry survey;
i) Protect and rescue endangered, rare, precious
forest flora and fauna;
k) Develop, maintain, preserve, upgrade, renovate
infrastructure to serve protection and development of special-use forest,
protection forest in accordance with Clause 6 Article 87 of Decree No.
156/2018/ND-CP dated November 16 of 2018 of the Government elaborating the Law
on Forestry.
l) Procure, repair vehicles, equipment, instruments
for: forest protection; forest fire prevention and firefighting; monitoring,
forest fire warning; prevention and elimination of forest pests;
m) Survey, collect, and evaluate genetic resources
of forestry cultivars; develop genetic banks, forestry cultivar genetic
resource data; research to select, create, and experiment on forestry
cultivars;
n) Produce national forestry planning.
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3. Procedures applicable to activities using
development investment funding sources and professional funding sources conform
to Clause 5 Article 27 hereof.
Chapter III
REGULATION AND FUNDING
SOURCES
Article 26. Funding sources
for implementation
1. Central government budget:
a) Is allocated in annual government budget
expenditure estimates of ministries, ministerial agencies, Governmental
agencies, other central agencies to conduct activities in accordance with this
Decree;
b) Balances and purposefully adds to budget of
local governments that are unable to balance their budget and other areas as
per the law in order to conduct activities in accordance with this Decree;
c) Development investment funding from central
government budget is allocated in detail depending on fields and balanced by
ministries, central authorities, and local governments over medium-term and
annual public investment plans.
2. Local government budget:
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b) In respect of administrative divisions that have
not managed to balance their budget and other specific administrative divisions
as per the law, expenditure on implementation of this Decree is allocated from
local government budget in combination with funding from central budget and
other funding sources in order to effectively implement activities under this
Decree.
3. Other funding sources: forest environment
services, ODA, other legitimate funding sources for protection and development
of forest in accordance with this Decree.
Article 27. Investment and
investment funding policies
1. Funding sources from the state budget shall
fund, invest in activities in accordance with state budget and public
investment laws:
a) Activities that prioritize development investment
funding sources include: forestation, nursing of natural forest, enrichment of
special-use forest in accordance with Article 7; forestation, nursing of
natural forest, enrichment of protection forest in accordance with Article 11;
forestation of production forest and development of non-timber forest products
in accordance with Article 14; construction of forestry routes, fire trails in
production forest areas in accordance with Article 17; investment in forestry
cultivar production facilities in accordance with Article 22; investment in
hi-tech forestry industrial areas in accordance with Article 24; other
field-specific activities under Article 25 hereof;
b) Activities that prioritize recurrent expenditure
funding sources include: protection of special-use forest in accordance with
Article 5; development of livelihood and improvement to lives of inhabitants in
buffer zones of special-use forest in accordance with Article 8; protection of
protection forest in accordance with Article 9; protection of natural
production forest during closed down period in accordance with Article 12;
natural regeneration zoning and promotion, natural regeneration zoning and
promotion with additional forestation in accordance with Articles 6, 10, and
13; investment credit funding for forestation of large-timber forest in
accordance with Article 15; development of sustainable forest management
solutions and issuance of sustainable forest management certificate in
accordance with Article 16; forest firefighting in accordance with Article 20;
provision of rice aid for forest protection and development in accordance with
Article 21; funding for increasing tree coverage in accordance with Article 23;
other field-specific activities in accordance with Article 25 hereof.
2. Funding sources for forest environment service
fees shall pay in accordance with Decree No. 156/2018/ND-CP dated November 16
of 2018 of the Government; funding sources for forest protection and forest
protection delegation can be sourced outside of funding expenditure from the
state budget in accordance with investment and investment funding amounts under
this Decree.
3. People’s Councils of provinces shall rely on
investment, investment funding, forest protection delegation amount under
Articles 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 ,16, 19, 21, 22, and 23 to decide on
specific investment and investment funding appropriate to their socio-economic
conditions.
4. Ministries, central departments shall rely on
investment and investment funding under Articles 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,
14, 19, and 22 to decide on specific investment, investment funding for
affiliated forest caretakers.
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6. State budget capital plan allocated to
silviculture works shall conform to technical silviculture solution cycles.
Deadline for payment and implementation of capital plan of the previous year in
respect of forestation projects is June 30 of the following year.
7. Expenditure on forest protection, forest
protection delegation according to forest protection and forest protection
delegation design dossiers, forest protection delegation contract shall be
granted and used in accordance with this Decree within the budget year.
Chapter IV
PRODUCTION, APPRAISAL,
APPROVAL OF DESIGN, ESTIMATES OF INVESTMENT IN SILVICULTURE AND FOREST
PROTECTION WORKS
Article 28. Rules for
producing design, estimate dossiers
1. In respect of silviculture works that are under
approved investment projects, developers shall produce design and estimates of
silviculture works and request competent authority to approve. Where a project
only requires economic technical report, the production of design and estimates
of silviculture works shall be done at the same as the production of economic
technical report.
2. In respect of silviculture works that are
essential technical infrastructures for forest protection and development, the
production of design and estimates shall conform to construction laws.
3. In respect of silviculture works that are not
mentioned under Clause 2 of this Article, the production of design and
estimates shall conform to Articles 29, 30, 31, and 32 hereof.
4. In respect of natural regeneration zoning and
promotion, natural regeneration zoning and promotion with additional
forestation and forest protection utilizing state budget: entities using state
budget expenditure shall produce design and estimates one time for multiple
years or on an annual basis according to allocated budget plan.
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Article 29. Estimates
1. Estimates of silviculture works, other than
those under Clause 2 of this Article
a) Construction cost of silviculture works:
Direct costs include material, personnel, machinery
and equipment costs;
Indirect costs include general costs, temporary
accommodation costs, construction coordination costs, and costs for tasks where
workload cannot be defined from the design. Indirect costs are determined in
percentage in accordance with construction laws;
Taxable income: in percentage of total direct and
indirect costs in accordance with construction laws;
VAT shall conform to applicable laws.
b) Equipment costs include: procurement of equipment,
machinery, technology instruments (including those that need to be
manufactured, processed), installation, experimentation, calibration of
equipment, transportation, insurance of equipment, training and transfer of
technology serving silviculture works;
c) Management costs: in percentage of total
construction costs and equipment costs or detail estimates, including:
management costs for silviculture works from preparation to conclusion,
commissioning and use;
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dd) Provision expenditure, other expenditure.
e) Management costs, construction counseling fees,
provision expenditure, other expenditure where percentage model is applied for
agriculture and rural development works.
2. Estimates of natural regeneration zoning and promotion,
natural regeneration zoning and promotion with additional forestation and
forest protection
a) Expenditure on natural regeneration zoning and
promotion, natural regeneration zoning and promotion with additional
forestation and forest protection, documentation, and other expenditure conform
to Clause 2 and Clause 3 Article 5, Clause 2 Article 6, Clause 2 and Clause 3
Article 9, Clause 2 Article 10, Clause 2 and Clause 3 Article 12 and Clause 3
Article 13 hereof.
b) In respect of natural regeneration zoning and
promotion, natural regeneration zoning and promotion with additional
forestation and forest protection that are implemented by delegation to
households, individuals, and local communities: delegation fees, expenditure on
documentation, and other expenditure conform to Clause 2 Article 6, Clause 2
Article 10, Clause 2 Article 13, and Clause 3 Article 19 hereof.
Article 30. Documents
requesting approval for design and estimates
1. Written request for approval of design and
estimates using Form No. 13 under Appendix attached hereto.
2. Design explanation including estimates and map
of silviculture work design using Form No. 14 under Appendix attached hereto.
3. Copies of decisions approving investment
projects or capital plan in respect of activities using state budget
expenditure and other relevant documents.
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1. Agencies appraising design and estimates of
silviculture works:
a) In respect of projects where the Minister of
Agriculture and Rural Development decides on investment: forestry authority is
assigned to appraise design and estimates of silviculture works;
b) In respect of projects where other ministries
and central departments decide on investment: affiliated authority is assigned
to appraise design and estimates of silviculture works;
c) In respect of projects where Chairpersons of
People’s Committees of provinces decide on investment: Departments of
Agriculture and Rural Development shall appraise design and estimates of
silviculture works;
d) In respect of silviculture works within projects
that Chairpersons of People's Committees of districts, communes decide on
investment: District department or district forest ranger authority shall
appraise design and estimates of silviculture works.
2. Procedures for appraising design and estimates
of silviculture works:
a) Project developers shall submit 1 set of
documents according to Article 30 hereof to presiding agencies according to
Clause 1 of this Article in person or via post service or online (national
public service portal, ministerial public service portal, provincial public
service portal);
b) presiding agencies shall examine legitimacy of
the documents, issue acceptance or rejection notice to the applicants
immediately in case of in-person submission or after 2 working days in case of
submission via post service or electronic environment;
c) Within 15 days from the date on which adequate
documents are received, presiding agencies shall appraise and record appraisal
results using Form No. 15 under Appendix attached hereto and notify the
applicants of the results.
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Project developers shall approve design and estimates
of silviculture works after consulting agencies assigned to conduct appraisal
in accordance with Clause 1 of this Article. Approval of design and estimates
of silviculture works shall conform to Form No. 16 under Appendix attached
hereto.
Article 32. Approval of design
of natural regeneration zoning and promotion, natural regeneration zoning and
promotion with additional forestation and forest protection utilizing state
budget expenditure
1. Request for approval of design and estimates
shall conform to Article 30 hereof.
2. Entities using state budget expenditure shall
appraise, at their discretion, or hire counselors to appraise design of natural
regeneration zoning and promotion, natural regeneration zoning and promotion
with additional forestation and forest protection.
3. Entities using state budget expenditure shall
approve design of natural regeneration zoning and promotion, natural
regeneration zoning and promotion with additional forestation and forest
protection at their discretion.
4. The production and approval of estimates of
natural regeneration zoning and promotion, natural regeneration zoning and
promotion with additional forestation and forest protection shall conform to
the Law on State Budget and other relevant law provisions.
Article 33. Adjustment of
design and estimates
1. Design and estimates shall be adjusted when:
a) Investment projects require adjustment to
design, estimates of silviculture works;
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c) Design adjustment must be made for quality
purposes during implementation.
2. Documents on adjustment to design and estimates
under Article 30 hereof; appraisal and approval of adjustment to design and
estimates shall conform to Article 31 and Article 32 hereof.
3. Where the expenditure is only changed
structurally without altering value of the approved estimates and provision
expenditure, project developers or entities using state budget shall decide on
the adjustment and inform individuals deciding on investment or agencies
allocating expenditure regarding the change to estimates.
4. Project developers or entities using state
budget expenditure shall determine the adjusted estimates which serve as the
basis for amendments to contract value.
Article 34. Risk handling in
investment phase
1. Cause of risk:
a) natural disaster according to natural disaster
preparedness and prevention laws;
b) Other risk identified and reported to competent
authority by project developers or entities using state budget.
2. Risk handling:
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b) Project developers or entities using state
budget expenditure shall produce records evaluating the damage, identifying the
cause and submit to competent authority for consideration and amendment to
investment projects or amendment to capital plans; amend design and estimates
in accordance with Article 33 hereof.
Chapter V
ORGANIZING
IMPLEMENTATION
Article 35. Responsibilities
of ministries and ministerial agencies
1. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development has the responsibility to:
a) take charge and cooperate with Ministry of
Planning and Investment, Ministry of Finance, and relevant agencies in guiding
and inspecting implementation of this Decree by local governments;
b) promulgate standards and technical - economic
norms for the implementation of this Decree.
2. The Ministry of Planning and Investment has the
responsibility to:
a) take charge and cooperate with Ministry of
Finance, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in balancing, allocating
development investment capital for the implementation according to this Decree;
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3. The Ministry of Finance has the responsibility
to:
Take charge of balancing, allocating annual
profession expenditure in accordance with the Law on State Budget and relevant
legislative documents; cooperate with Ministry of Planning and Investment in
requesting competent authority to consider and decide on medium-term and annual
capital investment plans in order to ensure compliance with the Law on State
Budget and the Law on Public Investment.
4. Other ministries and relevant ministerial
agencies shall adhere to their functions and tasks.
Article 36. Responsibilities
of People’s Committees of provinces
1. Direct, organize implementation, inspection,
evaluation, and production of periodic reports on implementation of this
Decree.
2. Allocate local government budget and integrate other
funding sources (central government budget, local government budget, and other
funding sources) in order to purposefully and effectively implement forest
protection and development in provinces in accordance with this Decree and
other relevant documents.
3. Assign Departments of Agriculture and Rural
Development to take charge and cooperate with relevant agencies in
communicating and publicizing policies under this Decree.
4. On the basis of the applicable forestation
norms, direct or authorize the authority to provide guidelines on producing
estimates of silviculture works appropriate to local conditions.
Article 37. Entry into force
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2. The following documents and regulations expire
from the effective date hereof:
a) Points a, d, dd, e, g, and h Clause 1 Article 91
of Decree No. 156/2018/ND-CP dated November 16 of 2018 of the Government
elaborating the Law on Forestry;
b) Chapter II, Article 20 and Appendix I, Appendix
III of Circular No. 15/2019/TT-BNNPTNT dated October 30 of 2019 of the Minister
of Agriculture and Rural Development guiding investment management of
silviculture work.
3. Where documents referred to in this Decree are
amended or replaced, the new documents will prevail.
Article 38. Transition clauses
1. Where programs, projects, investment operations
are approved under applicable legislative documents before the effective date
hereof, implementation will comply with said programs and projects whereas
investment, investment funding, and procedures for implementation shall conform
to this Decree.
2. Where programs, projects, investment operations
are developed under applicable legislative documents which have been submitted
but have not been approved before the effective date hereof, implementation
will comply with this Decree.
Article 39. Responsibility for
implementation
Ministers, heads of ministerial agencies, heads of
Governmental agencies, Chairpersons of People’s Committees of provinces and
relevant agencies, organizations, and individuals are responsible for the
implementation of this Decree.
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ON BEHALF OF
THE GOVERNMENT
PP. PRIME MINISTER
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
Tran Luu Quang