THE PRIME MINISTER
 
 
No. 17/2015/QD-TTg
THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
 
Hanoi, June 9, 2015
 
DECISION
Promulgating the Regulation on protection forest management [1]
 
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
Pursuant to the 2004 Law on Forest Protection and Development;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 23/2006/ND-CP of March 3, 2006, on implementation of the Law on Forest Protection and Development;
At the proposal of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development,
The Prime Minister promulgates the Decision promulgating the Regulation on protection forest management.
Article 1. To promulgate together with this Decision the Regulation on protection forest management.
Article 2. This Decision takes effect on July 30, 2015.
To annul Articles 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and 33; Point a, Clause 4, Article 42; and Clause 2, Article 12 of the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 186/2006/QD-TTg of August 14, 2006, promulgating the Regulation on forest management.
Article 3. Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, heads of government-attached agencies and chairpersons of provincial-level People’s Committees shall implement this Decision.-
Prime Minister
NGUYEN TAN DUNG
THE PRIME MINISTER
THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
 
REGULATION
on protection forest management
(Promulgated together with the Prime Minister’s Decision
No. 17/2015/QD-TTg of June 9, 2015)
 
Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Scope of regulation
This Regulation prescribes the management, protection, development and use of, and benefits from, protection forests; and protection forest development investment.
Article 2. Subjects of application
This Regulation applies to domestic state agencies, organizations, rural residential communities, households and individuals; overseas Vietnamese; and foreign organizations and individuals involved in the management, protection, development and use of protection forests in Vietnam.
Article 3. Interpretation of terms
In this Regulation, the terms and phrases below are construed as follows:
1. Subsidiary plants means plants grown together with major ones in a certain period to help create habitat for, and boost the growth and development of, major plants.
2. Intercropped plants means plants grown in combination with major ones to make full use of land and the nutritious space so as to increase products and revenues on forest areas without adversely affecting the growth and development of major plants.
3. Major plants means forest plants grown for protection purpose.

 


[1] Công Báo Nos 611-612 (21/6/2015)