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The long road to timber legality Taking stock of the EU-Vietnam VPA timber trade deal

Eight years of often intense negotiations between Vietnam and the European Union (EU) reached a milestone in Brussels on 19 October 2018. Federica Mogherini, the EU high representative for foreign affairs, and Nguyen Xuan Cuong, Vietnam’s minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), signed a Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade – Voluntary Partnership Agreement (FLEGT-VPA) timber trade deal.

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Document type Issue and policy briefs
Language of document
  • English
Short title (alternative/varying form of title) EU-Vietnam VPA timber trade deal
Topics
  • Forest policy and administration
  • Forest protection
Geographic area (spatial range)
  • Viet Nam
Copyright Yes
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Contact

For more information on this briefing please contact Perrine Fournier: perrine@fern.org or Hop Vu Thi Bich: hop@srd.org.vn or Tue Tran Ngoc: tue@srd.org.vn

Co-author (individual) FERN
Publication place Belgium
Publisher FERN
Publication date 2018
Pagination 8
Keywords V4MF,forest governance
Date uploaded January 9, 2019, 10:44 (UTC)
Date modified January 9, 2019, 10:51 (UTC)