Decision No. 17/2015/QD-TTg promulgating the Regulation on Forest Management. Country/Territory Viet Nam Document type Regulation Date 2015 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Công Báo Nos. 611-612 (21/06/2015). Subject Forestry, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Forest management/forest conservation Forestry protection measures Protected area Protection forest Timber extraction/logging Classification/declassification Protection of species Basin/catchment/watershed Protection of environment Management/conservation Inland waters Geographical area Asia, East Asian Seas, South-Eastern Asia Entry into force notes This Decision enters into force on 30 July 2015. Abstract The Decision promulgates the Regulation on forest management. The Regulation, consisting of 24 articles divided into six Chapters, prescribes the management, protection, development and use of, and benefits from, protection forests; and protection forest development investment. 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. The Regulation is divided as follows: General Provisions (Chap. I); Protection Forest Management (Chap. II); Protection and Development of Protection Forests (Chap. III); Use of Protection Forests and Benefit Mechanism (Chap. IV); Non-Business Funds for and Investment in Protection and Development of Protection Forests (Chap. V); Organization of Implementation (Chap. VI). Full text English Website www.vietnamlawmagazine.vn References - Legislation Amends Decision No. 186/2006/QD-TTg promulgating the Regulation on forest management. Legislation | Viet Nam | 2006 Keyword: Forest management/forest conservation, Forestry protection measures, Protected area, Policy/planning, Protection forest, Timber extraction/logging, Protection of species Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by Decree No.156/2018/ND-CP providing for enforcement of a number of articles of the Law on Forestry. Legislation | Viet Nam | 2018 Keyword: Forest management/forest conservation, Enforcement/compliance, Classification/declassification, Lease, Forest fires, Forest service/forest officers, Forestry protection measures, Grazing, Protected area, Protection forest, Protection of species, Timber, Timber extraction/logging, Authorization/permit, Inspection, Financing Source: FAO, FAOLEX