As one of the three pillars of the agricultural sector, alongside livestock and fisheries, forestry has gradually emerged as a “billion-dollar” export industry.

The project on scaling up sustainable forest management and forest certification in Viet Nam (SFM) is commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), implemented by the Forestry Project Management Board under the Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment in collaboration with the German Development Agency (GIZ).