The Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the European Union on Forest law Enforcement, Governance and Trade in (VPA/FLEGT) was officially signed on 19 October 2018. The Agreement was approved by the EU on 15/04/2019 and ratified by the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on 23/04/2019 in Resolution No. 25/NQ-CP and entered into force from 1/06/2019. The Free Trade Agreement between Vietnam and the EU (EVFTA) was signed in 2020 and takes effect in August 08, 2020. These two agreements have opened up opportunities for Vietnam. In particular for processing and import-export enterprises of the two sides, which have now the opportunity to expand the market and strengthen cooperation in the Agriculture sector, especially in Forestry.

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  1. Challenges for ethnic minority household forest planters to engage into the export to Europe timber supply chain under VPA FLEGT
  2. Gender in wood processing and exporting enterprises: Policy recommendations in the implementation of the VPA-FLEGT and EVFTA Agreements in Vietnam
  3. Policy to improve the responsiveness of small-and-medium-sized timber processing enterprises in Viet Nam to satisfy environmental, social and labour provisions of the EVFTA
  4. Policies on domestic plantation of raw wood for processing wood and wood products for export to the EU market
  5. Policies to encourage enterprises to use raw wood from domestic plantations for processing wood and wood products for export