Number

Description

Date

1. Forest Management, Protection and Development

Law

29/2004/QH11

Law No. 29/2004/QH11 dated December 14, 2004 of the National Assembly on Forest Protection and Development (Click here)

14/12/2004
Effect
01/04/2005

52/2005/QH11

Law No.52/2005/QH11 dated December 12, 2005 of the National Assembly on Environmental Protection (Click here)

12/12/2005
Effect
01/07/2006

20/2008/QH12

Law No. 20/2008/QH12 dated November 28, 2008 of the National Assembly on Biodiversity (Click here)

28/11/2008
Effect
01/07/2009

45/2009/QH12

Law No. 45/2009/QH12 dated December 04, 2009 of the National Assembly on Royalties (Click here)

04/12/2009
Effect
01/07/2010

Decree

23/2006/ND-CP

Decree No. 23/2006/ND-CP dated March 03, 2006 of the Government on the implementation of the Law on forest protection and development (Click here)

03/03/2006
Effect
25/03/2006

119/2006/ND-CP

Decree No. 119/2006/ND-CP dated October 16, 2006 of the Government on organization and operation of the forest protection service (Click here)

16/10/2006
Effect
15/11/2006

48/2007/ND-CP

Decree No. 48/2007/ND-CP of March 28, 2007 on the principles and methods of determining prices of forests of different types (Click here)

28/03/2007
Effect
04/05/2007

01/2008/ND-CP

Decree No. 01/2008/ND-CP dated January 03, 2008 of the Government defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Click here)

03/01/2008
Effect
26/01/2008

50/2010/ND-CP

Decree No. 50/2010/ND-CP dated May 14, 2010 of the Government detailing and guiding a number of articles of the Law on Royalties (Click here)

14/05/2010
Effect
01/07/2010

117/2010/ND-CP

Decree No. 117/2010/ND-CP date December 24, 2010 of the Government on organization and management of the special-use forest system (Click here)

24/12/2010
Effect
01/03/2011

Decision

Decision of The Prime Minister

186/2006/QD-TTg

Decision No. 186/2006/QD-TTg dated August 14, 2006 of the Prime Minister promulgating the Regulation on forest management (Click here)

14/08/2006
Effect
07/09/2006

18/2007/QD-TTg

Decision No. 18/2007/QD-TTg dated February 05, 2007 of the Prime Minister approving Vietnam's forestry development strategy in the 2006-2020 period (Click here)

05/02/2007
Effect
03/03/2007

147/2007/QD-TTg

Decision No. 147/2007/QD-TTg dated September 10, 2007 of the Prime Minister on a number of policies for development of production forests in the 2007-2015 period (Click here)

10/09/2007
Effect
07/10/2007

39/2009/QĐ-TTg

Decision No. 39/2009/QD-TTg dated March 09, 2009 of the Prime Minister promulgating the regulation of cooperation between forest ranger and civil defence force on forest protection mission (Vietnamese only)

09/03/2009
Effect
09/03/2009

73/2010/QĐ-TTg

Decision No. 73/2010/QD-TTg dated November 16, 2010 of the Primary Minister promulgating the regulation of management of investment in construction of silviculture work (Click here)

16/11/2010
Effect
01/01/2011

34/2011/QD-TTg

Decision No. 34/2011/QD-TTg dated June 24, 2011 of the Prime Minister amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Regulation on forest management promulgated together with the Prime Minister's Decision No. 186/2006/QD-TTG of August 14, 2006 (Click here)

24/06/2011
Effect
19/08/2011

1240/QD-TTg

Decision No. 1240/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister approval on the proposal of pilot forest inventory project in Bac Kan and Ha Tinh Province (Vietnamese only)

22/07/2011
Effect
22/07/2011

66/2011/QD-TTg

Decision No. 66/2011/QD-TTg dated December 9, 2011 of the Prime Minister amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decision No. 147/2007/QD-TTg of September 10, 2007, on a number of policies for development of production forests during 2007-2015 (Click here)

09/12/2011
Effect
01/02/2012

57/QĐ-TTg

Decision No. 57/QD-TTg dated January 09, 2012 of the Prime Minister approving the forest protection and development plan during 2011-2020 (Click here)

09/01/2012
Effect
09/01/2012

07/2012/QD-TTg

Decision No. 07/2012/QD-TTg dated February 08, 2012 of the Prime Minister promulgating some regulations on intensified enforcement of forest protection. (Vietnamese only)

08/02/2012
Effect
30/03/2012

126/QD-TTg

Decision No.126/QD-TTg dated February 02, 2012 of the Prime Minister promulgating the piloting benefit sharing mechanism of management, protection and development for special- use forests (Vietnamese only)

02/02/2012
Effect 02/02/2012

Decision of The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD)

3031/1997/QĐ-BNNPTNT

Decision No. 3031/1997/QD- BNNPTNT of MARD promulgating the regulation of defining the forest boundaries and setting up landmarks amongst three forest types (Vietnamese only)

20/11/1997
Effect
05/12/1997

516/QĐ-BNN-KHCN

Decision No. 516/QĐ-BNN-KHCN dated February 18, 2002 of the Minister of MARD promulgating technical procedure on planning operation design (vietnamese only)

18/02/2002
Effect
18/02/2002

78/2002/QĐ-BNN-KL

Decision No. 78/2002/QĐ-BNN-KL dated August 28, 2002 of Minister of MARD promulgating technical procedure on forest and forestland monitoring of forest ranger (vietnamese only)

28/08/200
Effect 13/09/2002

61/2005/QĐ-BNN

Decision No 61/2005/QĐ-BNN dated October 12, 2005 of MARD promulgating the regulation on norms of protection forest classification (vietnamese only)

12/10/2005
Effect
06/11/2005

62/2005/QD-BNN

Decision No 62/2005/QD-BNN dated October 12, 2005 of MARD promulgating the regulation on norms of special- use forest classification (vietnamese only)

12/10/2005
Effect
06/11/2005

2. Climate Change and REDD+

Decision

Decision of the Prime Minister

47/2007/QD-TTg

Decision No. 47/2007/QD-TTg dated April 06, 2007 of the Prime Minister approving the plan on organization of the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol under the United Nations framework convention on climate change in the 2007-2010 period (Click here)

06/04/2007
Effect
20/05/2007

158/2008/QD-TTg

Decision No. 158/2008/QD-TTg dated December 02, 2008 of the Prime Minister approving the national target program on response to climate change (Click here)

02/12/2008
Effect
26/12/2008

2139/QD-TTg

Decision No. 2139/QD-TTg dated December 05, 2011 of the Prime Minister approving the national strategy for climate change (Click here)

05/12/2011
Effect
05/12/2011

Decision of The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD)

2730/2008/QĐ-BNN-KHCN

Decision No 2730/QĐ-BNN-KHCN dated September 05, 2008 of the Minister of MARD on promulgation of the Climate Change Adaptation Framework Action Program for all bodies involved in agriculture and rural development in the 2008 – 2020 period (Click here)

05/09/2008
Effect
05/09/2008

2614/QD-BNN-LN

Decision No. 2614/QD-BNN-LN: Establishment of the National Network and Working Group for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) (Click here)

16/09/2009
Effect
16/09/2009

3232/QĐ-BNN-HTQT

Decision No. 3232/QD-BNN-HTQT of MARD approving the project “Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation through Alternative Land uses in Rainforests of the Tropics” by EU funding. (vietnamese only)

01/12/2010
Effect
01/12/2010

39/QĐ-BNN-TCCB

Decision No. 39/QD-BNN-TCCB of MARD on establishing Steering Committee on REDD+ in Viet Nam (Click here)

07/01/2011
Effect
07/01/2011

18/QĐ-TCLN-VP

Decision No. 18/QD-TCLN-VP dated January 19, 2011 of VNFOREST on establishing Viet nam REDD plus Office (Click here)

19/01/2011
Effect 19/01/2012

543/QĐ-BNN-KHCN

Decision No. 543/QD-BNN-KHCN of MARD to promulgate the Action Plan on Climate Change response of agriculture and rural development sector in the period 2011 – 2015 and vision to 2050 (Click here)

23/03/2011
Effect
23/03/2011

3119/QĐ-BNN-KHCN

Decision No. 3119/QD-BNN-KHCN of MARD dated December 16, 2011 on approving Programme of Green House Gas (GHG) emissions reduction in the Agriculture and Rural Development sector up to 2020 (Click here)

16/12/2011
Effect
16/12/2011

3. Payment for Forest Environment Services

Decree

05/2008/NĐ-CP

Decree No. 05/2008/ND-CP dated January 14, 2008 of the Government on Forest Protection and Development Fund (Click here)

14/01/2008
Effect
04/02/2008

99/2010/ND-CP

Decree No. 99/2010/ND-CP dated September 24, 2010 of the Government on the policy on payment for forest environment services (Click here)

24/09/2010
Effect
01/01/2011

Decision

Decision of The Prime Minister

380/QĐ-TTg

Decision No. 380/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister on the pilot policy on payment for forest environment services (Click here)

10/04/2008
Effect
10/04/2008

2284/QD-TTg

Decision No. 2284/QD-TTg dated December 13, 2010 of the Prime Minister approving the scheme on implementation of the Government's Decree No. 99/2010/ND-CP dated September 24, 2010, on the policy on payment for forest environment services (Click here)

13/12/2010
Effect
13/12/2010

Decision of The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD)

114/2008/QĐ-BNN

Decision No.114/2008/QD-BNN of MARD on establishing Viet Nam Forest Protection and Development Fund (Click here)

28/11/2008
Effect
13/12/2008

135/QD-BNN-TCLN

Decision No.135/QD-BNN-TCLN of MARD approving the scheme on implementation of the Government's Decree No. 99/2010/ND-CP dated September 24, 2010, on the policy on payment for forest environment services (vietnamese only)

25/01/2011
Effect
25/01/2011

4. Other legal documents

Land Use Planning

13/2003/QH11

Law on Land No. 13/2003/QH11 (Click here)

10/12/2003
Effect
01/07/2004

17/2011/QH13

Resolution No. 17/2011/QH13 dated November 22, 2011 of the National Assembly on the land use planning up to 2020 and national five-year (2011-2015) land use plan (Click here)

22/11/2011
Effect
22/11/2011

181/2004/NĐ-CP

Decree No. 181/2004/ND-CP dated October 29, 2004 of the Government on the implementation of the Land Law (Click here)

29/10/2004
Effect
16/11/2004

04/2005/QĐ-BTNMT

Decision No. 04/2005/QD-BTNMT of the Minister of MONRE promulgating the establishing procedure and adjustment of land use planning and land use plan issued (vietnamese only)

30/06/2005
Effect
04/10/2005

150/2005/QĐ-TTg

Decision No. 150/2005/QĐ-TTg dated July 12, 2005 of the Prime Minister approving the restructure plan on agriculture, forestry and fishery productions by 2012 and vision up to 2020 (Click here)

20/06/2005
Effect
12/07/2005

112/2008/QĐ-BNN

Decision No. 112/2008/QĐ-BNN dated November 19,2008 of MARD promulgating the economic- technical norm on forest allocation, forest lease and certificate issue for tenure in forestry purpose associate with development of forest management dossier. (vietnamese only)

19/11/2008
Effect
18/12/2008

800/QĐ-TTg

Decision No. 800/QD-TTg dated June 4, 2010 of the Prime Minister approving the national target program on building a new countryside during 2010-2020 (Click here)

04/06/2010
Effect
04/06/2010

Timber and Non Timber Logging

04/2004/QĐ-BNN-KL

Decision No. 04/2004/QĐ-BNN-KL of MARD dated February 2, 2004 promulgating the regulation on timber and non timber logging (vietnamese only)

02/02/2004
Effect
17/02/2004

59/2005/QĐ-BNN

Decision No. 59/2005/QĐ-BNN of MARD dated October 10, 2005 promulgating the regulation on inspection and control of forest products. (vietnamese only)

10/10/2005
Effect
06/11/2005

Forest Enterprises

28-NQ/TW

Resolution No. 28-NQ/TW dated June 16, 2003 of Politburo on the continuing of rearrangement, innovation, and development for agriculture and forest enterprises. (vietnamese only)

16/06/2003
Effect
16/06/2003

200/2004/NĐ-CP

Resolution No. 200/2004/ND-CP of Vietnam Government on rearrangement, innovation of forest enterprises. (vietnamese only)

03/12/2004
Effect
04/01/2005

142/2006/QĐ-TTg

Decision No. 142/2006/QD-TTg of June 19, 2006, approving the scheme on reorganization and renewal of state-run agricultural and forestry farms under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Click here)

19/06/2006
Effect
13/07/2006