Decision No. 100/2007/QD-TTg of July 06, 2007, amendingandsupplementinga number ok Articles of Decision No. 661/QD-TTg ok July 29, 1998, on the targets, tasks, policies and organization ok implementation of the project on planting 5 million hectares of forests

- For protection forests; To increase measures in order to protect existing natural forest resources. To attach importance to the development of valuable non-timber forest products and those under the forest canopy so that people may benefit from the contracting of protection forests. To gradually reduce the area of forests contracted for protection; the management boards of protection forests may contract with people for the protection of forests in difficulty hit areas and areas at the high risk of destruction which do not bring any benefits yet Forests in border areas far from residential areas, which are at the high risk of encroachment, may be allocated to or contracted with border guard or public security units for protection. To concentrate efforts on stepping up the allocation of forests to