Viet Nam

Viet Nam

Total Population

90,728,900 in 2014

Rural Population

60,693,500 in 2014

67% of total population
Total country area33,121,000 ha

Total land area (excluding inland water bodies)

33,058,600 ha

Total forest land

13,401,592 in 201440.5% of total land area

Forest cover

13,796,506 ha in 2014

41.7% of total land area

Production Forests

6,751,923 ha in 2014

50% of total forest land

Protection forest

4,564,537 ha in 2014

34% of total forest land

Special use forests

2,085,132 in 2014

16% of total forest land

Forest cover change

+102,108 ha (+0.76%) per year between 2010 and 2014

Carbon stocks

1,676 mmt

Forest cover change

+149, 727 ha (+1.19%) per year 2006-2011  (VNFOREST 2013)

Community managed forests

4,256,375 ha in 2015

 

Communities: 1,110,408 ha

 

Households: 3,145,967 ha

Community forestry policies and programmes

Community Forest Management

Climate change mitigation and adaptation policies and programmes

National Target Programme on Climate Change (2008, 2012)

 

National Climate Change Strategy (2011)

 

National Socio-Economic Development Strategy (2011–2020) 

 

National Green Growth Strategy (2012)

 

Law on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control (2013)

 

Law on Environment (2014)

 

National Strategy on Disaster Prevention, Response & Mitigation to 2020

 

Action Plan Framework for Adaptation and Mitigation for Climate Change in Agriculture and Rural Development (2008–2020)

 

National REDD Programme

Sources: FAO 2016j; VNFOREST, 2015; MARD Decision on Forest Area 3158 QD-BNN-TCLN, General Statistics Office of Vietnam.