NTP 2016-2020:

• To improve the productivity, quality and value of each type of forest, increasing the value of production forest per area unit; to contribute fulfilling the requirements for disaster mitigation, protection of the ecological environment, and responding to climate change and sea level rise; to create jobs, raise incomes, and support hunger eradication and poverty reduction, improving the livelihoods of people earning a living from forests in association with the process of building new rural areas, ensuring security, defence, order and social security;
• To increase the value of forestry production from 5.5% to 6% per year, reach national forest cover of 42%, and increase the value of timber and forest exports to US$8-8.5 billion, maintaining 25 million jobs.

Program 2021-2025:

• Protection and sustainable development of the entire existing forest area and newly created forest area in the period of 2021 - 2025; contribute to maintaining a stable national forest coverage rate of about 42%; continue to improve the productivity and quality of forests, meet the requirements of supplying raw materials for production and consumption, protect and protect the environment, conserve biodiversity, minimise negative impacts caused by natural disasters. ear, enhancing the ability to adapt to climate change;
• The growth rate of forestry production value is 5.0 - 5.5%/year. The export value of wood and non-timber forest products will reach about 20 billion USD by 2025, of which the export value of non-timber forest products will reach over 1.5 billion USD, increasing the proportion of deep processing and export of wood products. and high value added forest products;
• Contributing to creating jobs and increasing incomes for people participating in forest protection and development activities. By 2025, income from planted production forests will increase by an average of 1.5 times/unit area compared to 2020.