Hanoi, 15 March 2008

RCFEE has been asked by Legislation Department of MARD to be a counterpart and specialised organization to develop and finalize Decree and Circular on Principles and methods for determination of forest prices. To date the Decree is in place and the Circular is being tested. The testing is carried out in Yen Bai, Vinh Phuc and Ba Vi for three kinds of forests: production, protection and special use forests. The circular is planned to be promulgated by third quater this year.
 
For the convenient and effective use of these legal documents by the provinces, with the support of GTZ, RCFEE will continue its technical support to develop software on forest pricing. This software will be expected to be ready for use next year.