Vietnamese, Lao provinces intensify cooperation in forest protection
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum and the Department of Agriculture and Forestry of Laos’s Attapeu province on October 17 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in preventing violations in the forestry sector for 2024-2025.
Leaders of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Kon Tum and the Department of Agriculture and Forestry of Laos’s Attapeu province sign MoU on cooperation in the forestry sector. (Photo: VNA)
Kon Tum (VNA) - The Department of Agriculture and Rural Developmentof the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum and the Department of Agricultureand Forestry of Laos’s Attapeu province on October 17 signed a memorandum ofunderstanding (MoU) on cooperation in preventing violations in the forestrysector for 2024-2025.
Accordingly, in the period, the two departments will strengthencooperation and coordination in exchanging information, knowledge andexperience to control and prevent violations in this field, as well as inforest fire prevention and fighting along the borderline.
Each side will continue strengthening inspection and strictlymonitoring the export and import of forest products and wild species in accordancewith their respective country's laws, while exchanging information andcoordinating in solving arising issues on the basis of compliance with each country'slaws and international practices.
The two sides will also strengthen close coordination inimplementing dissemination and education activities to raise public awarenesson forest resource protection and biodiversity conservation; and inspecting andpreventing violations of exploitation, trade, and transportation of forestproducts in border areas.
Kon Tum and Attapeu share a 75km borderline, and boast atotal forest area of over 39,000 ha in border areas.
The two officially cooperated in forest protection in borderareas in 2016. In the 2019-2023 period, Kon Tum conducted nearly 600 patrols,in which 35 violation cases were detected, while 79 patrols were conducted byAttapeu./.
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Leaders of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Kon Tum and the Department of Agriculture and Forestry of Laos’s Attapeu province sign MoU on cooperation in the forestry sector. (Photo: VNA) 
