THE PRIME MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No: 03/2001/QD-TTg
Hanoi, January 05, 2001
 
DECISION
APPROVING THE RESULTS OF GENERAL INVENTORY OF FORESTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the Law on Organization of the Government of September 30, 1992;
Pursuant to the Law on Forest Protection and Development of August 19, 1991;
Pursuant to Decision No. 245/1998/QD-TTg of December 21, 1998;
At the proposal of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (Official Dispatches No. 3638/BNN-KH of October 26, 2000 and No. 4300/BNN-TCTK of December 11, 2000) and the General Department of Statistics opinion in Official Dispatch No. 739/TCTK-NN of November 1, 2000,
DECIDES:
Article 1.- To approve the results of general inventory of forests throughout the country by the end of December 31, 1999: There had been throughout the country 10,915,592 ha of forests of all types with the corresponding coverage rate of 33.2% (excluding timber trees planted scatteredly and perennial industrial trees with large canopies), of which:
- Area of natural forests: 9,444,198 ha, accounting for 86.5% of the total forest area in the whole country.
- Area of planted forests: 1,471,394 ha, making up 13.5% of the total forest area in the whole country.
Article 2.- To assign the presidents of the Peoples Committees of the provinces and centrally-run cities the forest area already inventoried by December 31, 1999 (the list is enclosed with this Decision).
The presidents of the Peoples Committees of the provinces and centrally-run cities shall have to organize the forest management, protection and development in strict accordance with the provisions of the Prime Ministers Decision No. 245/1998/QD-TTg of December 21, 1998 on the exercise of State management responsibilities of all levels over forests and forestry land.
Article 3.- To assign the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to inspect and supervise the implementation of forest protection; coordinate with the concerned ministries and branches in providing professional guidance to localities in the work of forest management, protection and development; coordinate with the People�s Committees of the provinces and centrally-run cities in regularly surveying and evaluating forest resource developments to serve as basis for planning national socio-economic development policies.
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