Viet Nam plants over 1.4 billion trees, surpassing preset goal
VGP - Viet Nam planted nearly 1.44 billion trees within five years - exceeding the original goal by 43.9 percent, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment.
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On December 5, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment hosted a conference in Da Nang City to review the implementation of the "One Billion Trees" project for the 2021–2025 period.
The initiative was launched by a decision (No. 524/QD-TTg) issued by the Prime Minister on April 1, 2021. Immediately after, Ministry of Agriculture and Environment issued a deployment plan and guided provinces to review and identify land for planting protection forests, special-use forests, new production forests, urban green areas, and scattered rural greenery.
The 1.44 billion trees included 573.9 million scattered trees and 865.2 million trees planted in concentrated forest areas.
The total funding for the 2021–2025 period was VND15,291 billion (approximately US$625 million) including US$130 million from the state budget, US$14.4 million in ODA, US$194.9 million from other sources and US$287.7 million mobilized from socialized (private and community) contributions.
The country now has 700,000–800,000 hectares of non-timber forest product plantations; 500,000 hectares of production forests are expected to achieve sustainable forest management certification by 2025; revenue from forest environmental services reaches several trillion VND annually; and Viet Nam has become a regional pioneer by successfully transacting 11.3 million tons of carbon, earning US$56.5 million./.
