The Forest Science Institute of Vietnam

ADDRESS: Dong Ngac commune -Tu Liem district -Hanoi

Tel.: 84- 4- 3838.9031 Fax. 84 -4- 3838.9722

E-mail. vkhln@hn.vnn.vn or info@fsiv.org.vn

Website: http://www.fsiv.org.vn

The Forest Science Institute of Vietnam was established by merging three institutes: the Forest Research Institute, the Forest Industry Institute and the Forest Economics Institute. The Forest Science Institute of Vietnam is the main research organization for forestry and is under the direct guidance of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development .

FUNCTIONS AND TASKS

1. Organizing and implementing scientific and technological research on silviculture, forest industry , forest economics, forestry organization and management, serving the requirements in development of the branch, developing a tropical forest science of Vietnam.
2. Elaborating and implementing forest socio-economic, scientific and technical programmes and developing a mechanism for economic management, technical procedures and economic and technical standards.
3. Training researchers in various fields of forest science; fostering and upgrading scientific knowledge for scientists, technicians and managerial personnel in the forestry branch.
4. Carrying out international cooperation programmes.
5. Providing a consultancy service for forestry investment.

The Institute also carries out a number of production activities aimed at perfecting and supporting scientific and technical research activities through assigned production plans and technology transfer contracts