Vietnam Wood Industry issued a joint statement saying "no illegal timber"

There are five important commitments and declarations. Accordingly, support the Government and central and local authorities to develop, improve and implement appropriate policies and mechanisms for the effective implementation of the VPA / FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreement between Vietnam and the EU to increase the competitiveness of Vietnamese wood enterprises on the world market. Supporting the Government and the central and local authorities to develop a mechanism to manage and tightly control natural forest timber; To encourage the development of sustainable plantation forests, large diameter timber and create high added value products. To fully comply with the regulations of the regulatory authorities on the development, exploitation, use and sale of CITES and FLEGT timber and timber products legally, timber and timber products in the future; To promote the use, processing, production and trading of timber and timber products from domestic plantations and from raw and legal timber raw materials. No member of the Association participates in activities of exploiting, transporting, processing, manufacturing and trading timber and wood products illegally throughout the territory of Vietnam and in the country of supply raw timber. and countries that consume wood products from Vietnam. To cooperate in building and developing a comprehensive, open and transparent information and data system on the wood processing industry; to increase accountability in the business community, to regulators in Vietnam and to fully comply with regulations in the international market.

Mr. Nguyen Ton Quyen - Vice President cum Secretary General of VIFORES - emphasized the signing of commitments and jointly issued a joint statement on the use, production and trading of legal timber and timber products. It is important to build and develop a sustainable, economically, environmentally and socially sustainable Vietnamese timber industry. At the same time, in order to comply with national and international laws on environmental protection, conservation of natural resources, standards and standards that the Government and the business community of Vietnam have committed In the context of the wood processing industry in particular and Vietnam's forestry sector in general are integrating deeply into the international economy, especially the VPA / FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreement, and the EU signed in Brussels on 11/5/2017.

In addition, actively prevent, prevent and exploit illegal timber through transparent and effective management and control mechanisms for timber imported and exploited domestically; At the same time, to encourage and promote the community of enterprises, organizations and individuals to participate in the production, processing and trading of timber and timber products legally, environmentally and socially sustainable. To create a motive force for developing planted forests in the country, creating an active and lawful supply. Developing legitimate timber trade relationships, equality of benefits, environmental and social sustainability with the supply of raw material wood to Vietnam and the consumption of wood products in Vietnam.

Nguyen Hanh