REPORT ON FORUM ENHANCING THE COOPERATION BETWEEN ENTERPRISES AND FORESTRY AND CUSTOMS TO PROMOTE VIETNAM TIMBER TRADE

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1 REPORT ON FORUM ENHANCING THE COOPERATION BETWEEN ENTERPRISES AND FORESTRY AND CUSTOMS TO PROMOTE VIETNAM TIMBER TRADE The Project is sponsored by EU-FAO-FLEGT Facilitating the participation of the private sector in the negotiation process of implementing the Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) Hue, December 8 th

2 Contents 1. Introduction Summarized results of forum Assessment of the forum Conclusion ANNEX: Annex 01. Forum program Annex 02: List of participated representatives Annex 03. Some photos of the forum Table of figures Figure 1. General assessment of the forum... 9 Figure 2. Assessment on presentation of updating new regulations of the Agreement... 9 Figure 3. Assessment on presentations of the control of imported and exported timber (the current requirements are expected to change in the future) Figure 4. Assessment on presentation of the requirements of timber control following the current regulation (advantages and disadvantages of working with enterprises) Figure 5. Assessment on the presentation of positive and negative impacts and solutions for 3 content pieces: imported timber management, export verification and FLEGT licensing

3 1. Introduction Forum: Enhancing the cooperation between enterprises and forestry and customs to promote Vietnam timber trade falls in the framework of the project Facilitating the participation of the private sector in the negotiation process of implementing the Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA), sponsored by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and was held by the Center for Education and Development (Center) in collaboration with the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Da Nang on December 8 th 2017 in Rosaleen Hotel, No. 36 Chu Van An, Phu Hoi, Hue City. The objectives of the forum are as follows: (i) updating enforcement requirements related to timber origin, origin and trade; (ii) discussing how to enable businesses to have control to ensure legal timber is used throughout the supply chain; (iii) discussing the role of the forest ranger and customs authorities in the future regarding legal timber control; (iv) proposing to increase cooperation and support between enterprises, customs and forest rangers to ensure that timber and timber products produced and processed in Vietnam are legally obtained. There were over 50 representative delegates from Furniture Associations participating in the forum including: Forest Products Association of Binh Dinh (FPA), Handicraft and Wood Industry Association of Ho Chi Minh City (HAWA), Vietnam Timber and Forest Product Association (VIFORES), representatives of Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Da Nang, representatives of Forest Protection of provinces in Central Vietnam (Quang Tri, Quang Binh, Thua Thien Hue, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Da Nang), representatives of Customs of Central Vietnam s provinces (Quang Tri, Quang Binh, Thua Thien Hue, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Da Nang) and representatives of wood processing and exporting enterprises in Central Vietnam s provinces (Hue, Quang Binh, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, etc). Representatives of the VNGO FLEGT network and social organizations and NGOs are implementing projects related to FLEGT. The forum was divided into 2 parts: Part 1: Opening, introduction of the programs, forum objectives, participants and presentations on new commitments under the VPAs, the impact of the VPAs on enterprises, the situation of export and import of timber. Part 2: General discussion on the role of Rangers and Customs in the coming time related to wood import and export controls; cooperation and collaboration between Rangers and Customs to create favorable conditions for enterprises; the issues that need to be addressed by government agencies, comments from businesses; points for enterprises to regard: Comments from government agencies. Please see the forum program attached to this report. 2. Summarized results of forum Part 1: Opening, introduction of the programs, forum objectives, participants and presentations on new commitments under the VPAs, the impact of the VPAs on enterprises, the situation of export and import of timber. Representatives from Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) in Da Nang opened the workshop, introduced the program, objectives and participants of the forum. Representatives from VCCI Da Nang shared information about Europe s tight control on Vietnamese products, including timber products, and hoped that enterprises and business associations would be interested in learning more about VPA / FLEGT and are prepared to 3

4 respond and comply with VPA / FLEGT. The collaboration between forest rangers, customs and enterprise associations is necessary in this context in order to support enterprises that do not have enough capacity and resources to respond VPA/FLEGT requirements. The next part entailed updating new requirements of the VPAs related to the management of imported timber and FLEGT licensing that the enterprise has to implement from the customs and forest ranger officers point of view. The four main commitments that affect companies in timber industries are i) management of imported wood, ii) organization classification systems (OCS), iii) export verification and iv) FLEGT licensing. Regarding management of imported timber, the VPA requires importers to account for and declare imported timber material, apply the risk filter on imported species and geographic area, and supplement the documents proving the legal origin of timber if it belongs to a high risk group (e.g. sustainable forest management certificate, exploitation license or other alternative documents). The OCS applies to all enterprises and organizations participating in the timber supply chain from the stage of exploitation, import, processing and transportation to export. Enterprises also provide a self-assessment based on the criteria that the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) then send to the Provincial Forest Protection (FPD) for appraisal, and then send to the Forest Protection (FPD) for final classification. The Forest Protection (FPD) decides and publishes the results of classification. FPD is also responsible for development and management, and maintains an updated OCS database. FPD also should ensure public access to the OCS database for the related stakeholders. As for licensing issues, shipments to the EU must have a FLEGT license before customs clearance. The Government of Vietnam will issue legal documents regulating the responsibilities, order and procedures for FLEGT licensing: form of permit, information, procedures for granting, extension, replacement, revocation, licensing. The FLEGT licensing body will develop and manage a licensing database. The next part was the presentation of representatives from Thua Thien Hue Provincial Forest Protection (FPD) on the current situation of imported timber management within the province. The presentation focused on explaining imported timber and classification of imported timber, the import situation of timber in the area of Thua Thien Hue. The current regulations on import and management of imported timber include: Decree No. 187/2013 / ND-CP and Circular No. 04/2015 /TT-BNNPTNT detailing the implementation of the Commercial Law on buying and selling international goods; Circular 01/2012 / TT-BNNPTNT regulates legal forest products and inspects the origin of forest products and Circular 40/2015 / TT-BNNPTNT on amending and supplementing some articles of Circular 01; Decision No. 44/2006 / QD-BNN dated 44/2006 / QD-BNN on forest management and ranger regulation and Decision No. 107/2007 / QĐ-BNN; And CITES (Circular 04/2017 / TT-BNNPTNT issuing CITES); Inspection of export and transit of forest products at border gates (Article 30, TT 01/2012 / TTBNNPTNT). In addition, the management of imported timber will be managed and monitored by forest protection units and forest rangers in the area by managing the business establishments and periodically inspecting the timber, processing and inspection of unexpected information when it contains illegal forest products. The management of the imported timber will also be managed by the forest owner's log book and forest product certification by the forest rangers. However, the management of imported timber in the area also encountered a number of difficulties caused by the recording of unrecognized or inaccurate entries in the forest products import register. The log book on forest products does not clearly indicate each type 4

5 of forest product. Some forest product producers have not been certified by the local forest ranger as prescribed or some enterprises have large inventories of timber, but are not classified by type. Many enterprises and production establishments fail to make quarterly reports according to the provisions in Circular No. 01 to the provincial rangers. Besides, the imported timber management also faces difficulties due to the current regulations such as: the exporters not identifying the species and not producing the hammer of the forest ranger, but the characteristic sign is unclear. Contrary to regulations on hammering, the regulation on imported timber is not tight. In the province, the majority of the companies bought timber from the local companies. Therefore, the forest product dossiers are regulated in Article 14, Circular No. 01/2012 / TT-BNNPTNT on the management of invoices as prescribed by the organizing board at the time of export. Selling forest products, certified by the local forest ranger office, is difficult to report, according to Form 5 of Circular No. 01/2012 / TT-BNNPTNT. In addition, the companies do not classify as imported timber, timber input, output and inventory are also not available (So it is impossible to identify how much wood was imported). Finally, representatives from VCCI Da Nang represented the assessment of enterprises and enterprise associations on positive and negative impacts, and solutions for the new requirements of the VPAs including: i) imported timber management, ii) enterprise classification, iii) import verification and iv) Da Nang FLEGT license. These are the compiled ideas and contributions of enterprises and enterprise associations who participated in the consultation workshop in Da Nang previously. Whereby, most of the positive impacts from the VPAs are for big enterprises that have enough capacity to respond to the requirement of VPA. The VPAs have also contributed to make the business environmentally healthy, transparent and ensure the quality of goods for consumers. Inversely, the VPAs have brought many big challenges to medium-sized and small enterprises that are unable to respond to the requirements of the VPAs such as the verification, tracking timber origin, regulations related to the governance of enterprise and labor management. The VPAs also set requirements to upgrade and improve the information management system for government agencies and authorities to prevent corruption and enhance transparency. The proposed solutions include: enhancing the use of information technology, online platforms and tools, digitization, and access to a database to support the management. In addition, relevant authorities and departments must coordinate with each other to provide support, opportunities and timely training for domestic enterprises to meet the requirements of the VPA; post-inspection should be done quickly, openly, transparently, and should avoid redundant procedures to reduce harassment and bureaucracy. Part 2: Forum of exchange and discussion among representatives from governmental agencies and enterprises. The forum of exchange and discussion focused on these following topics: - The roles of forest rangers and customs in the future, especially as it related to import and export timber control. - To cooperate and coordinate with forest rangers and customs in order to create favorable conditions for enterprises in the future, when the VPAs are implemented. - What are the issues that need addressing by government agencies to improve, and when to implement the VPAs? - Opinions and views from enterprises about new requirements; 5

6 - The issues that enterprises need to pay attention to, especially with regard to timber legality verification: Views from governmental agencies. Based on the above topics, participants discussed and arrived at the following outcomes: 1. Is the licensing appropriate to the actual export situation of the enterprise? Enterprises said that, the management and control of imported timber for the whole contract would be very difficult for the enterprises. For example, a contract usually is one year and divided into many installments and/or purchases, so it is unclear if the authority will check at the beginning or at the end of the contract? - Regarding the concern of enterprises, according to experts, the enterprises have not updated and do not have enough information, leading to an incorrect understanding about the FLEGT licensing. According to the latest updated information on commitments under the VPAs, FLEGT licensing is currently based on OCS. Enterprises belonging to Classification 1, the forest product list will certify by themselves and enterprises belonging to Classification 2, the forest product list will be verified by forest rangers and at least 20% of the volume of each consignment will be checked in reality. Therefore, FLEGT licensing will have to follow each shipment and the EU will follow up strictly. If the volume stated in the FLEGT license and the volume in reality is 5% different, then the new FLEGT license will be granted to the consignment and the old FLEGT license will be void. 2. Costs incurred when implementing the VPAs? The current cost for exporting products to the EU, due to due diligence, increasing whereas the cost of products gets lower and lower. Enterprises face many difficulties. Later on, when the VPAs are implemented, are there going to be more costs for the businesses? Do enterprises spend more time and money than the current due diligence costs under EU timber regulations? These are some of many concerns. - Compliance with the new regulations of the labor law, labors for more than a month that need labor contracts will be a real obstacles for many businesses in the wood industry. Because of the characteristics of the timber industry with high seasonal workers and great turnover of labor. Many of the workers only work for a few months of the year when the companies have many contracts. They also have additional, personal farm work. If the enterprises need to sign a labor contract, the expenses for the enterprise and the employees are too high. There should be a solution to this problem. 3. Is the licensing system transparent and accountable? The main concern of enterprises still focus on the following: Does the licensing agency grant licenses in a timely manner, do they ensure that the process will be clear and transparent and do not harass the businesses? There are many export shipments, and are highly seasonal, how can they ensure that they can provide licenses during high seasons? - Currently, timber and timber products exported to the EU are timber from plantation forests, so enterprises still have to declare information on the enterprises, proof of origin, etc. However, many detailed issues regarding the labor law of Vietnam are not yet required at the moment. But when the VPAs are implemented, the OCS. Those 6

7 who fail to comply with labor issues will fall into category 2, which will be subjected to higher scrutiny from FPD and will take more time for them to get FLEGT licenses. 4. How can enterprises in classified in category 2 be considered/reviewed and moved to category 1? There were many questions and discussions focusing on enterprises in category 2, including startups and newly established companies. How long will they be reviewed and re-evaluated? For example, I set up a timber export enterprise. I registered on January 1, 2018 but in that whole year the company focused on growth and development such as recruiting staff, finding resources, capital, making connections with buyers and so do not have any exports yet. So in the next year, can we move up to category 1 or are we still at category 2? What is the criteria?. - Timber Legality Definition in Annex II of the VPAs has answered the concerns of enterprises about the compliance of enterprises and enterprises of any group. The Timber Legality Definition consists of 7 principles and a lot of criteria including criteria related to labor and environment which many enterprises did not pay attention to. Therefore, many enterprises were classified in category 2. - For enterprises to be classified, in the coming time (2018), there will be a new legal document (government decree) to guide the OCS and it is expected that the government will also prepare manuals for enterprises to implement. For newly established companies, they will be classified as category 2 enterprises, so companies should avoid exporting through new enterprises. Regarding the issue of category 1 enterprises, if they violate tax laws or regulations (published on the tax office system), or labor law (published on the website of the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs) will be moved to category 2 and will have to wait for 1 year to be re-evaluated, and may be moved up again. 5. What will enterprise governance be changed to in response to new requirements? Enterprises also discussed enterprise governance, especially small enterprises and households: how to keep record of documents and evidence, how to manage different sources of timber that the companies use and or buy? Other questions focused on: enterprise that have to follow OCS are only those focusing on exporting to the EU or to all enterprises in the timber industry. - The OCS will apply to all enterprises in the timber industry, not only timber export enterprises. - OCS and verification timber legality will be applied to all international and domestic markets, hence, all the enterprises in timber processing and trading are subject to compliance. However, the impact level is different, enterprises that do not export products to the EU will not be impacted as much as enterprises exporting to the EU for the time being. - The domestic timber export enterprises are still influenced by domestic markets, which have to verify timber trading referred to in Circular 01, however, the compliance with laws of these enterprises is not serious. The roadmap of FLEGT licensing will take 5-7 years, and this will be the time that enterprises prepare to comply and respond to the requirements of VPA/FLEGT. 7

8 - Due to the low awareness of Vietnam enterprises, therefore, only the export enterprises who are responsible for explaining and complying with the law, domestic producers, local marketers or producers do not have strict requirements so they do not comply with the requirements of the law. 6. Communicating VPA and its requirement effectively to businesses in Vietnam and to help raise awareness among stakeholders to ensure better understanding across sectors: Currently, the understanding of VPAs regulations between enterprises, governmental agencies and social organizations remains different. How about licensing? By each shipment, license paper or electronic license? Are among the few. - What are the licensing details, corporate classifications etc. Government agencies are developing and will consult with the enterprises and other relevant organizations during the construction process. VCCI strongly recommends agencies and enterprises to participate in voice and ensure the right of the enterprises. 7. There should be a mechanism to ensure the effective implementing of the VPAs: The current design for implementing related policies on FLEGT focused mainly on roles and management of government and lack of precise mechanisms for independent agencies to participate in monitoring or license verification or implementing VNTLAS system. According to enterprises, there should be a clear mechanism for independent agencies and organizations to participate in (both classifying enterprises); - According to the VPAs, agencies/organizations can participate in classifying enterprises (permitted by Government), therefore, any concerning agency/organization can follow up for more details. 8. VPAs affect export enterprises directly, but what about enterprises that only produce domestic timber products? The enterprises that do not export are still wondering whether new policies relating to legal timber control relate to them or not? - The most impacted groups are wood villages, micro enterprises, and small households. Currently, there are a lot of wood villages, so that the Government should have projects or programs to support enterprises or households to respond to the new requirements. The households and enterprises that cannot respond, will be guided in the correct way to transform and ensure their work and livelihood. - According to requirements of the EU, any shipment exported to the EU has to be FLEGT licensed, if not, they will not be imported to this market. Besides that, after the process of implementing the VPAs, enterprises will have to participate in Timber Legality Assurance System VNTLAS to export products to the EU market. - The 12 criteria for enterprises to be classified in Class 1, include some criteria that are difficult to attain, such as a report of environmental impact assessment, fire protection certificate, enterprise payroll, public health insurance with laborers with a term of one month or more, etc. Therefore, the roadmap to respond to VPA/FLEGT will take 5-7 years of preparation. 8

9 3. Assessment of the forum General assessment The forum attracted 50 representatives to participate (including both organizing committees from VCCI Da Nang and CED). After the forum, there were 28 assessment forms (because some of the organizers did not fill in the form, and some did not have one). The results from the assessments showed that the participants were satisfied with the coordinator, the speakers, the content of the discussions, the presentations and the logistics. More specifically, the 28 finalists presented 5 content pieces (documents, presentations, discussions, logistics and speakers/coordinators) and 5 assessment levels (Excellent, Very good, Good, Fair and Poor). Documentation for the forum was assessed: 8 excellent, 11 very good, 9 good and 1 not rated. The content of the presentations at the forum was assessed excellent by 6 representatives, very good by 18 representatives and good by 3 representatives. A number of representatives assessed the group discussion content as excellent (7), very good (17) and good (4). Logistics for the forum had 7 excellent reviews, 17 very good reviews and 4 good reviews. A number of representatives assessed the coordinator/speaker as excellent (6), very good (18), good (3) and 1 representative did not assess. See details in the Figure 01. Speakers Logistics Discussion contents Presentations Documents Good Very good Excellent Assessment on content of the presentations Figure 1. General assessment of the forum The presentation on new regulations of the Agreement related to imported timber management, enterprise classification, export verification and FLEGT licensing that enterprises have to comply with, was assessed excellent by 8 representatives, very good by 19 and good by 1 representative. See the Figure 02. Good Very good Excellent Figure 2. Assessment on presentation of updating new regulations of the Agreement 9

10 The presentation on the control of imported and exported timber (the current requirements are expected to change in the future) were assessed excellent, very good and good by a number of representatives as 6, 15 and 6, respectively, while 1 representative did not assess. See the Figure 03. Good Very good Excellent Figure 3. Assessment on presentations of the control of imported and exported timber (the current requirements are expected to change in the future) The presentation on the requirements of timber control following the current regulation (advantages and disadvantages of working with enterprises) was assessed excellent by 6 representatives, very good by 14 representatives, good by 6 representatives and fair by 1 representative. There was 1 representative that did not assess. See the Figure 04. Good Very good Excellent Figure 4. Assessment on presentation of the requirements of timber control following the current regulation (advantages and disadvantages of working with enterprises) The presentation on the positive and negative impacts and solutions for 3 content pieces: imported timber management, export verification and FLEGT licensing was assessed excellent, very good, and good by a number of representatives as 7, 16 and 5, respectively. See Figure 05. Fair Good Very good Excellent Figure 5. Assessment on the presentation of positive and negative impacts and solutions for 3 content pieces: imported timber management, export verification and FLEGT licensing 10

11 4. Conclusion The forum was successfully finished, most of the designed content pieces satisfied the expectation of participating representatives. Many ideas were shared between representatives of agencies, enterprise associations, timber enterprises and NGOs. Firstly, the roles of associations are critical when participating in the VPAs. For example, when an enterprise in the association declares false information to the forest ranger and if this is detected, the association will be assessed at the low level by the EU. Secondly, the enterprise classification system, in compliance with the criteria, will be developed and completed in the future. Currently, the only criteria in the Agreement is to develop this system. In the future, authorities will regularly collect ideas and contact enterprises in order to establish and complete the system. To do that, it requires a strong and effective coordination between enterprises, forest rangers and customs agencies. Thirdly, responding to the comments on enterprises on the treatment of newly established enterprises: The newly established enterprises will be classified in Classification 2 in order to strengthen the examination of the records as well as to check the actual performance to prove that the enterprise is good, transparent and qualified to meet the criteria of the Classification 1 enterprise. Furthermore, when participating in the VPA, the enterprises must improve and complete their way of management so that the enterprises are stimulated to behave more professionally, healthier and be more developed. Not only export enterprises but also enterprises that have no exporting, and producing households in villages, should be supported by authorities and the government in order to respond with the Agreement because this is an important element regarding the timber trade system. Currently, the VPAs didn t have much impact on domestic enterprises or enterprises that have not exported timber to the EU. However, this does not mean that in the future, these enterprises will not be impacted. With the ambition of the Agreement, the VPAs will expand and will have an extensive impact, so that all enterprises, not only export enterprises, will have to prepare carefully to face the requirements of the VPAs. Finally, representatives agreed that if the State should set the verification criteria and then the State itself should be the testator, it leads to corruption not transparency. The state cannot have enough human resources to meet these inspections. Therefore, there is a need for independent review organizations, and independent verification organizations to be established and operating in the field. Notes that enterprises have to regard: When the VPAs are implemented, it means that many activities of enterprises will be inspected and checked for compliance with the Agreement. Enterprises have to pay attention regularly to the management of documents (payroll table, annual activity report, etc.) and submit them to the authorities on time while meeting the requirements of the VPAs to be eligible for export licenses and to be in a good corporate rating scale, not a violation. The costs for enterprises to change to comply with the VPAs may be tremendous. Therefore, enterprises have to be prepared for this change and should have an appropriated plan, basically a roadmap. 11

12 Seasonally-oriented enterprises, which regularly employ seasonal workers, should pay close attention to the provisions on labor in the agreement in order not to violate them. Additionally, representatives also proposed recommendations for the project and related agencies in order to create favorable conditions for enterprises to properly implement the requirements of the VPAs/FLEGT. Actively collect ideas from enterprises to quickly develop and complete their classification system, to bring into operation. Vietnam shall permit independent verification organizations to operate to avoid the State simultaneously doing both tasks: setting criteria and checking, in order to reduce corruptions. The State and authorities should pay attention to supporting non-export enterprises and poor households in the wood villages. This is an important part of the timber trade system, but there are many shortcomings when it comes to being able to meet the content of the VPAs. 12

13 5. ANNEX: 5.1. Annex 01. Forum program FORUM ENHANCING COOPERATION BETWEEN ENTERPRISES AND FORESTRY AND CUSTOMS TO PROMOTE VIETNAM TIMBER TRADE Time: 08:00-12:00, Wednesday, December 8, 2017 Location: Rosaleen Hotel - 36 Chu Van An - Phu Hoi - Ho Chi Minh City Hue Time Contents Performer 07:30-08:00 Welcome delegates Organizing Committee 8:00-8:10 Opening VCCI Da Nang 08:10-08:30 Introduce programs, goals, components VCCI 8:30-10:00 Update the new regulations of the Agreement relating to imported timber management, enterprise classification, export verification and FLEGT licensing that the enterprise must undertake. - Presentation of Customs - Control of imported and exported timber origin (current requirements and expected changes in the future) - Presentation of Forest rangers: Requirement of timber control following the current regulations (advantages and disadvantages of working with enterprises) - Presentation by VCCI Da Nang: Positive and negative impact and solutions of three issues: import timber management, enterprise classification, export verification and FLEGT licensing (consultations in Da Nang Nang Questions & Answers of Agro Product Processing and Market Development Customs Forest rangers VCCI Da Nang 10:00-10:15 Tea break 13

14 10:15-11:30 Discussion about the content: - The roles of Forest rangers and Customs in the future relating to the control of imported and exported timber - Collaboration and coordination between Forest rangers and Customs to create favorable conditions for enterprises - What are the issues that need to be addressed by government agencies? Comments from businesses - Points for enterprises to pay attention to: Comments from governmental agencies. Further discussion is available: - Imported timber management: difficulties, impact and solutions - Enterprise classification: difficulties, impact and solutions - Export verification and FLEGT Licensing: difficulties, impact and solutions. Representatives from groups 11:30-11:45 Doing assessment Every representatives 11:45-12:00 Summarizing and Closing VCCI Da Nang 12:00-13:30 Lunch time 14

15 5.2. Annex 02: List of participated representatives No. Name Position Unit 1 Le Minh Vice Captain Quang Binh Customs 2 Nguyen Duy Hinh Leader of Forest Protection Management Trieu Hai Forestry Co., Ltd 3 Bui Quang Linh Deputy 4 Tran Quoc Vuong Leader Quang Tri Forest Protection Quang Tri Customs 5 Nguyen Duc Huy General Director Vinafor Da Nang 6 Truong Phi Cuong Deputy General Director Vinafor Da Nang 7 Nguyen Thanh Ngoc Director Nedcen Da Nang 8 Nguyen Dien Vice Director VCCI Da Nang 9 Tran Thi Chau Ha Officer VCCI Da Nang 10 Ho Anh Tuan Officer VCCI Da Nang 11 Phan The Dung Deputy Manager 12 Dang Huong Expert Da Nang Forest Protection Da Nang Forest Protection 13 Nguyen Nhu Ngoc Captain Customs- Da Nang Port 14 Dang Cong Quang Director Forexco Quang Nam 15 Ngo Van Vinh Expert Forexco Quang Nam 16 Nguyen Huu Chuong Expert Quang Nam Custom 17 Nguyen Duc Tien Import Export Manager Cam Ha Joint Stock Company 18 Tran Kim Ngoc Manager 19 Nguyen Huu Phuoc Leader Quang Ngai Forest Protection Quang Ngai Forest Protection 15

16 20 Pham Duy Hung Leader of Construction Quang Ngai Forest Protection 21 Nguyen Thanh Tan Staff 22 Tran Le Huy General Secretary Quang Ngai Forest Protection Binh Dinh Furniture Association 23 Le Thi Phuong Staff Hoang Phat Company Limited 24 Dinh Van Dung Staff Phuong Nguyen Company Limited 25 Nguyen Le Manh Quan Staff Tan Phuoc Company Limited 26 Bui Thi Huyen Lecturer Hong Duc University 27 Dao Tien Dung Expert Hội Mỹ nghệ và Chế biến Gỗ Tp. Hồ Chí Minh (HAWA) 28 Nguyen Manh Dung Leader of Agro products Market Development of Agro Product Processing and Market Development 29 To Kim Lien Director 30 Nguyen Tien Thanh Officer Center for Education and Development Center for Education and Development 31 Pham Nguyen Quang Vice Director Nam Hoa Forestry Co., Ltd 32 Tran Xuan Tien Staff 33 Hoang Thi Kim Thuy Staff 34 Bui Van Trinh Staff 35 Dang Van Kiem Leader Thua Thien Hue Wood Processing Joint Stock Company Thua Thien Hue Wood Processing Joint Stock Company Company of Ancient and Modern Art Carpentry Thua Thien Hue Forest Protection 36 Tran Doan Thanh Thanh Lecturer Hue College of Economics 16

17 37 Le Phung Staff EG Investment and Trading Joint Stock Company 38 Phan The Son Staff Tien Phong Forestry Co., Ltd 39 Pham Nguyen Quang Vice Director Nam Hoa Forestry Co.,Ltd 40 Tran Xuan Tien Staff 41 Hoang Thi Kim Thuy Staff 42 Pham Cuong Lecturer 43 Hoang Thi Hao Lecturer Thua Thien Hue Wood Processing Joint Stock Company Thua Thien Hue Wood Processing Joint Stock Company Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry Vietnam National University of Forestry 44 Hoang Thi Nhung Expert Forestry Institute 45 Nguyen Kim Trong Director Center for Application Research Transfer Science and Technology (CARTEN) 46 Vu Ngoc Nam Association Vice Chairman Dong Ky Furniture Association 47 Cao Thi Cam General Secretary 48 Le Thi Phuong Staff Vietnam Timber and Forest Product Association (VIFORES) Centre for Environment and Community Development 49 Le Van Viet Officer 50 Dinh Van Tai Officer Research Center for Forest and Wetlands 51 Tran Duc Dung Association Chairman SIYB 52 Vu Thi Hang Expert Independent Consultants 53 Nguyen Ngoc Nam Communication expert VOV 54 Nguyen Nu Quynh Giao Staff BIFA 17

18 55 Nguyen Hai Son Project Director BIFA 56 Le Van Viet Project Officer Agriculture & Forestry Research and Development Center for Mountainous Region 57 Ha Linh Chi Communication expert Media consultant 18

19 5.3. Annex 03. Some photos of the forum 19