Nguyen Sy Cuong, a National Assembly deputy of Ninh Thuan province, speaks at the parliament's fourth session (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The 14th National Assembly (NA)ratified a draft law on forestry on November 15 as part of its ongoing fourthsession in Hanoi.
Approved by 87.78 percent of the deputies, theforestry law comprises 12 chapters with 108 articles stipulating management,protection, development and use of forests, along with processing and trade offorest products.
The law regulates that the State is in charge ofissuing policies that match socio-economic development, defence and securitypolicies to invest in and mobilise social resources for forestry activities.
It has to organise and support the management,protection and development of commercial forests, while supporting forest recovery,afforestation, along with research and application of science and advancedtechnology in the field of forestry.
The State is also tasked with training humanresources for this sector, providing forest environmental services, managingforests sustainably, processing and trading forest products, and implementingforestry cooperation with foreign partners.
The State has to ensure ethnic minority peopleand people whose livelihoods depend on forests receive forests and associatedland to do agro-forestry-fishery production activities and practiceforest-linked culture and belief in line with the Government’s regulations,according to the law.-VNA
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