Nguyen Dinh Hai Research Centre for Forest Tree Improvement  Pinus caribaea Morelet is naturally distributed in Central America. The species display good growth, good stem form and have been widely planted in tropical and sub-tropical countries. In Vietnam, P. cariabaea perform well species and provenance trials in the north, central, south-east and central highland. The objective of the project was to evaluate performance of the species at pilot planting scale using best … [Read more...]

Do Van Nhan, Nguyen Dinh Hai, Do Huu Son and Nguyen Huu Sy Research Centre for Forest Tree Improvement  The Research Centre for Forest Tree Improvement have successfully created and selected many planting varieties of Eucalyptus and Acacia having good growth, desired wood quality and disease resistance. These planting varieties have been approved by Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development as national and technologically advanced stocks. The objective of this project was … [Read more...]

Tran Lam Dong1, Nguyen Toan Thang1, Nguyen Xuan Giap1, Bui Thi Trang2 1 :Forest Science Institute of Vietnam      2  Sub-branch of Forestry University of Vietnam    Red Cedar is a large timber tree species, naturally distributed in Southern America. It was first introduced to Vietnam in 1986 and widely planted from 2001 on. Despite its great ability for fast growing and being well-adapted to a wide ecological range, there is a very small number … [Read more...]

Tran Duc Manh Forestry Scientific Technical Application Centre (FSTAC)  Canarium tramdenum Dai& Yakovl is a big tree with multiple uses, both for protecting and economic purposes. Successful grafting of Canarium tramdenum will shorten flowering and fruiting period, creating planting materials which meet the requirements of forest management businessmen. - Applying PRA to collect information and dominant trees - Following the Standard QPN 15 – 93 on … [Read more...]

Dinh Thanh Giang Research Centre for Forest Ecology and Environment Limestone mountain areas makes up nearly 5.4% of the total forestry land area of Vietnam. Of this, the area with tree cover is 570.842 ha (56.4% respectively) and the area without tree cover is 44.783 ha (43.6% respectively). The area of secondary forest on limestone mountains in Ninh Binh province and the former Ha Tay province (now merged with Ha Noi city) is about 264.400 ha with a low coverage and an ability to … [Read more...]

Dang Van Thuyet1, Luong The Dung1,  Nguyen Thanh Son2 (1)Science and Planning Division (2)Silvicultural Techniques Research DivisionForest Science Institute of Vietnam   The objective of this research is to identify the suitable planting area for Acacia mangium with the purpose of supplying big-sized timber in the North central region of Vietnam. Groups of factors have been considered in order to determine planting conditions for A. mangium including the … [Read more...]

Dang Van Thuyet Science and Planning Division Forest Science Institute of Vietnam  Vietnam has a coastline of 3260km, running from Mong Cai to Ha Tien over 25 provinces and cities. This is a harsh ecology, causing sand hazards and a powerful mobile menace to crops and people living on coastal sandy areas. This article is drawn from the results of research investigating, evaluating, arranging and monitoring experiments on afforestation and integrated analysis of … [Read more...]

Ha Van Tiep Northwest Center for Forestry Science and Production  Garcinia fagraeoides species belongs to the Clusiaceae family and Cinnamomum balansae species in Lauraceae family. Both are big indigenous tree species with high ecological and economic value in the Northwest region of Vietnam. Presently, two of these species are extremely degraded in nature by unplanned harvesting, and there is limited natural regeneration due to exhausted mother trees. Therefore, studying … [Read more...]

Nguyen Hoang Nghia, Pham Quang Thu Forest Science Institute of Vietnam  Betula alnoides Buch. Ham. ex D. Don has a natural distribution spreading from China, India, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand to Vietnam. In China the species has a main distribution in Yunnan, Hainan Island and south Guangxi. In Vietnam, the species occurs naturally in hilly northern provinces such as Tuyen Quang, Ha Giang, Cao Bang, Lao Cai, Lang Son, Son La and Lai Chau, at an elevation of 300-1000m a.s.l. The … [Read more...]