Report on training “International requirements for timber exportation – Opportunities and Challenges for Wood Villages”
On November 22, 2017, the Center for Education and Development (CED) collaborated with the Dong Ky Furniture Association to organise a workshop on “International requirements for timber exportation – Opportunities and Challenges for Wood Villages” in Bac Ninh. This event is part of the “Promoting private sector engagement with the Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) implementation […]
Report on workshop “Experience sharing and project result summary”
On December 28, 2017, the Center for Education and Development (CED) collaborated with the Vietnam Administration of Forestry to organise a workshop on “Experience sharing and project result summary” in Hanoi (Army Hotel, No. 1 Nguyen Tri Phuong). This event is part of the “Promoting private sector engagement with the Voluntary Partners Agreement implementation process […]
What is the Vietnam EU Voluntary Partnership Agreement?
VPAs are among the key tools of the EU Forest Law Enforcement, Government and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan of 2003. As of mid-2016, 15 countries were negotiating or implementing VPAs with the EU. Vietnam and the EU began negotiating the VPA in 2010. On 11 May 2017, Vietnam and the EU initialed the VPA. Initialing […]
Timber Legality Definition in VPA
Legally produced timber means timber products harvested or imported and produced in accordance with legislation of Viet Nam as set out in the Annex II Legality Definition (LD) and other relevant provisions of the VPA and in the case of imported timber with relevant legislation of the country of harvest in line with Annex V of […]
Viet Nam Timber Legality Assurance System
What is the Viet Nam Timber Legality Assurance System? The core of the VPA describes Vietnam’s timber legality assurance system (VNTLAS), which will ensure that timber products are verified as legal according to specified requirements for all stages of the supply chain: from the forest or the point of import, to the point of final […]