The PRIME MINISTER'S DIRECTIVE on the implementation of urgent measures to manage the precious, rare wooden Vietnamese Prime Minister has repeatedly asked the Ministry of forestry, the people's Committee and relevant departments to take measures to suspend immediately the exploit precious wood, rare, tightly control the use , purchase, sale, transport and export of this wood. But today, the situation of exploitation, illegal trading in precious wood, rare still quite serious and the situation, deforestation in General has not been prevented. The Ministry of forestry, the people's Committee and the relevant departments have not often closely and steering the organization taken seriously dated Decree 18-17-1-1992 of the Council of Ministers (Government) and Directive No. 90-CT on 19-3-1992 of the President of the Council of Ministers (the Prime Minister). A number of local units for the benefit the local economy before the eyes deliberately logging under the form of disguised as artisanal, trimmed the tree, etc. to continue the sale and export of precious wood illegally, rare wood, especially the pơmu. Many local tossed responsible governance to his people's freedom to go play the forest methods, even cutting all the trees of the forest on the mountain.
To remedy the situation and quickly restored discipline in the exploitation, sale and use of wood, rare wood, especially the Prime Minister asked the Ministry of forestry, the people's committees of provinces and cities under central and related industries continue to steer and implement seriously the decree dated 18-17-1-1992 of the Council of Ministers , Directive No. 90/CT on 19-3-1992 and the power of 69 on March 18, 1993 by the Prime Minister, have made a number of urgent measures for the following: 1. Ministry of forestry is responsible for: the urge, check, directed the locally made serious inspection, handling for the organisation personal, extraction, transportation and sale of illegal wood Pơmu and precious wood, rare; the report and recommendations to the Prime Minister on the measures for the handling of the bodies, the local unit breached the rules and guidelines of the State on the field.
Directing the local planning, identify the specific range, an area of woodland, rocky mountain forests, rare to hold, protect, circled simultaneously issued right regulation control, manage, protect, nourish for this forest type.
In June 1993, in cooperation with the relevant local departments and proceed in the General inventory of rare, precious wood (even wood Pơmu) inventory left in the country, the report and recommendations to the Prime Minister to solve for the number of this inventory (except for the wood products are made from Pơmu wood the precious, rare wood, have been licensed to export before may have the power of 69 on March 18, 1993 will stipulated in point 3 of this directive).
On the basis of the emergency arrangement, reorganization and renewal of technical equipment technology of wood processing factory and with the utmost spirit saves the consumer, proceed to adjust the logging plan, forest products in 1993 and scheduled logging, forest products the following year for fit (including common wood wood, precious, rare).
From now when there are special needs, harnessing the precious, rare wood, in Group IIA (specified in Decree No. 18/dated 17 January 1992), Minister of forestry is responsible for specific consideration and the decision by the Prime Minister.
Coordinated with the Ministry of Commerce, the State Planning Committee, Of the Bureau of customs to review, Supplement, complete the table by products of wood, rattan exports, the Prime Minister issued in July 1993 instead of circular No. 9/TT-LB 18-5-1992 of the Ministry of forestry and the State Planning Commission.
2. the people's committees of provinces and cities have the jungle to order immediate suspension of the Pơmu logging and other rare wood types (defined in the decree dated 18-17-1-1992 including cases of exploitation of advantage, exploiting trimmed etc.; Prohibition of exploitation, chopping the trees of the forest on the mountain stone the case has allowed. Timely, publicly announced the above command, which must specifically inform the location, area, banning exploitation letting every organization and everyone know and implement.
The people's committees of provinces and cities under central command control station (control, control of forest products) and market management forces tightly controlled local purchase, shipping the rare wood. The control station must perform their duties in a manner firmly, urgently, handle legal and absolutely not be troubling do affect the circulation of ordinary goods. All types of wood, forest products, mining and have sufficient invoices, vouchers valid under current rules allowed free circulation of shipping from this province through the province to another, the local was not arbitrarily defined. To conduct the test access scans, and disbanded immediately all the specialized venues chopping, sale, transportation, possession, unauthorized consumption of rare wood, the violation must necessarily be handled administratively or brought to prosecution under the law.
3. Trade Ministry ordered the immediate suspension of the license to export refined products from precious, rare wood (even wood Pơmu). In group a. b. items defined in circular No. 9 TT/LB on 18-5-1992 Minister's commercial forestry and the State Planning Commission. Going forward, only allow exports of refined products from precious wood, Pơmu wood, other rare items C, D specified in circular No. 9 TT/LB on 18-5-1992 of the Ministry of forestry-trade-the State Planning Committee.
For those products that are made from precious wood and Pơmu wood, other rare export license from before have the power of 69 on March 18, 1993 of the Prime, but not yet exporting was then assigned the responsibility for the Ministry of Commerce in collaboration with the Ministry of forestry, the General Department of customs checks and specific comments to resolve each case according to the principles of below for the Prime Minister to consider and decide: Has signed with foreign countries, had the product in the warehouse for export of the goods in the warehouse, then terminated although not enough in number according to the contract.
Has signed contracts with foreigners but does not produce the items then cancel the contract.
The end of the period allowed for the export of products made from precious wood, rarely prescribed in this paragraph is 31 August 1993.
For the products made from other wood not in precious, rare wood specified in Decree No. 18-dated 17 November 1992 of the Council of Ministers are continuing to export under the provisions of circular No. 9-TT/LB on 18 May 1992 by the Minister of forestry-trade-the State Planning Committee.
The Ministry of forestry, the Ministry of Commerce, the State Planning Committee, Of the Bureau of customs and the relevant industry guide, directing and inspect, urging the implementation of this directive according to the function of their duties; President of the people's committees of provinces and cities under central is responsible for organizing, directing taken seriously Only in a local scope. Assigned to the Ministry of forestry is responsible for the synthesis report the results of this directive over the Prime Minister.