Decision No. 661/QD-TTg on the target, task, policy and organisation for implementation of the project on planting of five million hectares of forest. Country/Territory Viet Nam Document type Regulation Date 1998 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Công Báo No. 27, 30 September, 1998, pp. 10-16. Subject Forestry Keyword Forest management/forest conservation Forestry protection measures Afforestation/reforestation Soil conservation/soil improvement Geographical area Asia, East Asian Seas, South-Eastern Asia Abstract This Decree defines the target, tasks, principles (Chapter I), the policy and solutions (Chapter II) of a project to plant five million hectares of new forests, and provides for its implementation and related organization. The target of the programme is to plant five million hectares of new forest and to protect existing forest resources so as to ensure an increase in forest resources of forty-three percent. Other objectives are use of bare land, hills and mountains, eradication of poverty and famine, and to increase the wood supply. Guiding principles are set in article 2. New forest resources shall consist of two million hectares of protection and special-use forests and three million hectares of production forests. Trees include forest and perennial agricultural trees. Article 5 defines a policy regarding the allocation of land and the issue of land-use certificates. Full text English References - Legislation Implemented by Joint Circular No. 58/2008/TTLT-BNN-BKHDT-BTC guiding the implementation of the Prime Minister’s Decision on objectives, tasks, policies and organization of implementation of the 5 million hectares afforestation project in the 2007-2010 period. Legislation | Viet Nam | 2008 Keyword: Forest management/forest conservation, Forestry protection measures, Afforestation/reforestation, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Policy/planning, Special fund Source: FAO, FAOLEX Circular No. 28/1999/TT-LT guiding the management and allocation of State budget capital for the project of planting 5 million new hectares of forests under the Prime Minister's Decision No. 661/QD-TTg of July 29, 1998. Legislation | Viet Nam | 1999 Keyword: Afforestation/reforestation, Policy/planning, Forest management/forest conservation Source: FAO, FAOLEX Joint Circular No. 28/1999/TT-LT guiding the implementation of Decision No. 661/QD-TTg of July 29, 1998 of the Prime Minister on target tasks, policy, and organization in the implementation of the project of planting 5 million new hectares of forests. Legislation | Viet Nam | 1999 Keyword: Forest management/forest conservation, Forestry protection measures, Afforestation/reforestation, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Policy/planning, Special fund Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Decision No. 100/2007/QD-TTg amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decision No. 661/QD-TTg of 29 July 1998, on the targets, tasks, policies and organization of implementation of the project on planting 5 million hectares of forests. Legislation | Viet Nam | 2007 Keyword: Forest management/forest conservation, Forestry protection measures, Afforestation/reforestation, Soil conservation/soil improvement Source: FAO, FAOLEX Decision No. 251/QD-TTg amending and supplementing the procedures for settlement of capital implementation of the five million hectares afforestation project. Legislation | Viet Nam | 2000 Keyword: Forest management/forest conservation, Forestry protection measures, Afforestation/reforestation, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Special fund Source: FAO, FAOLEX