EU and Vietnam sign agreement on better enforcement of forest law

by VTV420 October 2018 Last updated at 09:09 AM

VTV.vn - On October 19th, a voluntary partnership agreement (VPA) between the European Union and Vietnam on forest law enforcement, governance and trade (FLEGT) was signed in Brussels on the sidelines of the ASEM summit.

The agreement establishes a Timber Legality Assurance system to monitor the timber supply chain and a FLEGT licensing scheme to ensure that only legally obtained timber can be exported to the EU market.

The agreement also establishes a mechanism for dialogue and cooperation between the EU and Vietnam on the FLEGT licensing scheme. The VPA was signed by Sebastian Kurz, federal chancellor of the Republic of Austria, and Federica Mogherini, EU high representative for foreign affairs and security and Vietnamese Minister for Agricultural and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong.

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