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Vietnam Forest Certification Office (VFCO) and Program for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) will jointly organize a training course on Chain of Custody (CoC) Standards. Information about the training course is as follows: Objective: Providing information and knowledge of the necessities for carrying out the CoC chain of custody certification assessment service in accordance… Continue reading July 2022: Training Course on PEFC COC Standards

Within the framework of the project “Forestry and Trade for Development in ASEAN” funded by UNREDD and implemented by PEFC in Southeast Asian countries, the Vietnam Forest Certification Office (VFCO) organized a webinar on sharing “Guideline for auditing smallholder group certification against VFCS/PEFC ST 1004:2019 standard”. The webinar detail is as follows: Purpose: To share… Continue reading July 2022: Webinar on Guideline for auditing smallholder group certification against VFCS/PEFC ST 1004:2019 standard

In the context that the Vietnamese and international markets are gradually reopening, Vietnam’s forest and wood product export companies are operating actively, strengthening the system and maintaining production to prepare for export resumption. In danger lies opportunity, the recent challenge is also a good chance for the wood industry to make a change and develop… Continue reading June 2022: Technical seminar on VFCS/PEFC – A new solution to certification journey for Vietnam export of forest and wood products

Within the framework of the project “Forestry and Trade for Development in ASEAN” funded by UNREDD and implemented by PEFC in Southeast Asian countries, the Vietnam Forest Certification Office (VFCO) organized a webinar on sharing information of updated PEFC CoC Standard. The webinar detail is as follows: Purpose: Share information about the updated PEFC CoC… Continue reading Webinar on sharing information of updated PEFC CoC Standard

The Vietnam Forest Certification Office (VFCO) and the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) jointly organized an online international training course on Chain of Custody (CoC) standards. Information about the training course is as follows: Purpose: To strengthen the capacity of auditors and experts involved in the PEFC CoC certification service. Content: PEFC… Continue reading April 2022: Training on PEFC CoC Standards

The Vietnam Forest Certification Office (VFCO) and the Program for the Endorsement of Forest Certification jointly organized the Webinar on the application of ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015. The purpose of the workshop was to share experiences in accrediting the Certification Body for forest certification under VFCS/PEFC according to ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015 by the Bureau of Accreditation (BOA). Participating… Continue reading Webinar on sharing experiences in applying ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015 in accrediting certification body for forest certification sercives under VFCS/PEFC

Vietnam Forest Certification Office will organize training for auditing and certification bodies, auditors, and stakeholders on the VFCS-Sustainable Forest Management Scheme, including VFCS ST 1003 2019 (sustainable forest management), VFCS ST 1004 2019 (group forest management), and use the VFCS trademark (VFCS ST 1008 2019, VFCS GD 1009 2019). The training course is expected to… Continue reading January 2022: Training on Sustainable Forest Management Standard

VFOC, in collaboration with Program for Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC), will host a training course for auditors on the contents related to PEFC’s chain of custody certification and use of trademarks. The standards covered include PEFC ST 2002:2020 – the chain of custody of products from forests and trees outside of forests, PEFC ST… Continue reading February 2022: Training on updated PEFC CoC Standards

The Vietnam Forest Certification Office in collaboration with Luong Ltd Company organized a training course on the updated PEFC standard on Chain of Custody of products from forests and non-forest trees (PEFC ST 2002:2020), Rules of PEFC trademarks usage (PEFC ST 2001:2020) and requirements with certification bodies (PEFC ST 2003:2020). This training course is exclusively… Continue reading 21-22/12/2021: CoC PEFC standards internal training

Training for Auditors implementing the services of Vietnam Forest Certification Scheme Time: 14:00 – 17:00 ICT, November 22-25, 2021 Purpose: This training course is intended to provide basic knowledge and information to provide forest management certification services in Vietnam as required by the Vietnam Forest Certification System specified in VFCS/PEFC GD 1006 :2019 Participants: Experts… Continue reading Training for Auditors implementing the services of Vietnam Forest Certification Scheme