The project will assist rural residents and state-owned farms to apply new forest management methods and to improve the processing and marketing of forest products in its first year. After that, it will focus on consultancy to help localities execute policies on forestry management.
The project is scheduled to be carried out on a trial basis at three farms, including Van Chan farm in northern Yen Bai province, Ninh Son farm in central Ninh Thuan province, and Madrak farm in central highland Dac Lac province; and two forestry companies in central Quang Binh province and central highland Kon Tum province.
The activities and results of the project will be reviewed every six months by the GTZ and relevant agencies of Viet Nam.-Enditem

About GTZ
The German Agency for Technical Co-operation, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, is one of the world’s largest consultancy organisations for development co-operation. It was established in 1974 as a limited liability company under German law and is fully owned by the German Federal Government.
On behalf of the Government and chiefly financed by the Federal Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development (BMZ), GTZ implements bilateral technical co-operation activities in more than 130 partner countries. Projects as well as the financial framework for co-operation activities are determined by the BMZ. They reflect the German as well as the partner government’s development policy objectives.
GTZ delivers competent services in wide-ranging areas of expertise and provides support for complex development and reform processes. It offers its advice in planning, implementing and steering technical co-operation projects, recruits and supports local and expatriate experts, provides counterpart training, procures materials and equipment and provides non-repayable contributions for projects and programmes. The management and planning methods developed to this end have met with world-wide acclaim.
GTZ has been operating in South Africa since 1993, the end of the transition phase towards the new political dispensation. Bilateral technical co-operation between Germany and South Africa has since been continuously expanded. The number of GTZ projects in South Africa has grown from 12 in 1994 to 38 presently.
GTZ’s assistance to South Africa currently focuses on:
Local Governance and Development
Skills Development
Good Governance
These sectors reflect the core elements of the bilateral development co-operation strategy. They are supplemented by cross cutting issues such as poverty alleviation, social development, protection and conservation of natural resources, gender equality and, in particular, the fight against HIV/Aids.; The last two issues are key to projects of technical co-operation with South Africa.