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Vietnam's forests remain dependent
on public resources, including international development
assistance, for the delivery of public and private services
that include timber production, state forest management,
forest protection and biodiversity conservation, and
extension and research. Public subsidies are also provided
to smallholder forest owners to stimulate investments into
the sector. For the Government it is important to
efficiently manage public resources as well as secure
adequate resource flows from private actors to achieve the
sector's development objectives. This study provides an
overview of the more recent developments in the forestry
sector as well as basic analytical support to the
Government, in particular policy makers in the Ministry of
Agriculture and Rural Development, the Ministry of Finance,
and the Ministry of Planning and Investment, with regard to
structure, trends, and main functions of public and other
expenditure in the forestry sector. The study assesses
resource adequacy and whether public spending is
appropriately prioritized and aligned with sector
objectives. Given the constraints of limited availability
and quality of data, the overall picture of sector
expenditure remains incomplete, but it nevertheless provides
a useful basis for further analytical work and discussion.
