Forests sold within four to six years after plantingVietNamNet Bridge - Experts have voiced concern about the short life cycle of forests which are sold four to six years after planting. Vietnam has 3 million hectares of production forestsVietnam has three million hectares of production forests, 90 percent of which are acacia forests which provide materials to the woodwork industry. To have 8 million tons of woodchips for export, Vietnam needs 16 million cubic meters of timber. Also according to Hoai, foreign experts say that Vietnam is planting forests and selling young forests, not doing forestry. As the area for planting forests is limited, the only choice Vietnam can make is improving acacia plantation productivity to increase the timber output.

Source: VietNamNet News August 27, 2018 01:07 UTC