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The result of the design contest “Using legal timber in construction, architecture and interior”

The design contest “Using legal timber in construction, architecture and interior” was organized to aim at promoting and honoring students’ innovations in the use of legal timber, as well as encouraging the use of plantation wood, particularly domestic plantations, or recycled wood in their designs, works, also products. The contest rolled out in Hanoi Architectural […]

Policy brief: Gaps and potential risks in the implementation in micro and smallsized timber enterprises

In June, 2021, The Center for Rural Development in Central Vietnam (CRD) pubelished a policy brief on “Gaps and potential risks in the implementationof regulations on labour contracts, employee insurance, and occupational safety in micro and smallsized timber enterprises in the context of VPA/FLEGT implementation”, this brief is based on an overview of survey and […]

Vietnamese NGO works with youth to promote a culture of legal timber

Consumer demand for high-value tropical hardwood products in Viet Nam has driven the illegal harvesting and import of endangered timber species from high-risk sources, presenting a challenge for Viet Nam’s national agenda on legal and sustainable timber trade. To address this, the Centre for Education and Development (CED), supported by the FAO-EU Forest Law Enforcement, […]

Project launching workshop “Ensuring timber legality and promoting the use of legal and sustainable timber in Viet Nam”

On October 2nd, 2020, Center for Education and Development organized project planning and launching Workshop “Ensuring timber legality and promoting the use of legal and sustainable timber in Viet Nam” funded by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The objectives of the workshop included inviting comments and contributing ideas for the […]