Vietna News： PM instructs to plant replacement forests （3 Feb 2014）

PM instructs to plant replacement forests

Thứ hai, ngày 10 tháng 02 năm 2014 cập nhật lúc 16:47

The Prime Minister has instructed the ministries, People's Committees of provinces and cities directly under the central government to strengthen their direction to plant new forests which will replace the old forest which have been conversed into other uses. Thereby, PM urged the People’s Committees of provinces and cities under the central government to review investment projects which have changed the purpose of land use.

Completion time for planting replacement forests for each project is different. For instance, investment projects which have been approved by the  authorities and have been conversed the purpose of land must plant replacement forest right in 2014 and ensure the completion in 2015. For new investment projects, when the authorities approve investment projects, the plan of replacement forest plantation will be approved at the same time.
In addition, the conversion of the purpose of forestry land use into other uses from 2014 onwards will only apply for projects which are in the land use planning to  2020 and land use planning in the period 2011-2015.

source from: http://www.monre.gov.vn/v35/default.aspx?tabid=675&CateID=58&ID=131537&Code=XURG131537