Decree No.156/2018/ND-CP providing for enforcement of a number of articles of the Law on Forestry.

The Decree provides for enforcement of a number of articles of the Law on Forestry, including: 1. Criteria for forest determination and classification and regulations on forest management; 2. Land allocation or lease for production purpose, conversion of forest types, forest repurposing and forest appropriation; 3. Forest fire safety; 4. Payers and methods for payment and cost of forest environmental services, remission of forest environmental service charges and management and use of such charges; 5. Investment policy on forest development and protection; 6. Duties, organizational structures and mechanism for management and financial resource use of forest development and protection funds.
With regard to national parks, natural reserves and species - habitat reserves, forest products to be exploited or sampled are specified in Point b, c and d Clause 1 Article 52 of the Forestry Law; Exploitation is permitted if there is a plan for full utilization of wood as prescribed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development for forest products specified in Point b Clause 1 Article 52 of the Forestry Law; decision on forest repurposing for forest products specified in Point c Clause 1 Article 52 of the Forestry Law; scientific program or research approved for forest products specified in Point d Clause 1 Article 52 of the Forestry Law. All forests animals living in the reserve forest must be protected from actions that lead to negative effects on their habitat and sources of feed. Local healthy animals may be grazed in the reserve forest as allocated; however, the quantity of each species grazed into the forest must suitable for their habitat and feed and ensure the balance in forest ecosystem. The procedures for forest allocation and forest lease in consistent with land allocation and land lease are stipulated in Article 36. Article 40 provides for the procedures for conversion of forest types. Article 41-42 specifies the procedures for deciding the policy on forest repurposing, and procedures for forest repurposing.