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For recent decades, along with the rapid growth of economy, Vietnam and other countries in the world have suffered from environment degradation and losses of natural resources, especial forestry resources. Protecting existing natural forest areas in Vietnam is a big task that requires much effort from forestry and other relevant organizations. Although there are many policies and institutions for this purpose, natural forests have been destroyed rapidly. It is clear that the efforts of the state management bodies are not enough. It is important that local people should participate in and contribute to natural forest protection.

For recent decades, along with the rapid growth of economy, Vietnam and other countries in the world have suffered from environment degradation and losses of natural resources, especial forestry resources.

Today the Governor of the State Bank of Viet Nam, Nguyen Van Giau and the President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Haruhiko Kuroda, signed a US$1.38 billion financial assistance deal set to help increase access to clean water, conserve threatened forests and ease urban gridlock throughout Viet Nam.