On December 12th 2024, The European Commission has officially recognised PEFC as a RED II compliant certification scheme. Companies in the forest biomass supply chain and energy producers from forest biomass fuels will be able to use PEFC RED II certification to comply with RED II obligations. PEFC RED II

On December 3, 2024, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Rubber Industry Group (VRG) held a ceremony to recognize the first three member companies that fully meet the requirements of the Goods Production Regulations. does not cause deforestation by the European Union (EUDR). Honored companies include Chu Se Kampong Thom

The Vietnam Forest Certification Scheme (VFCS) has been officially introduced on the website of the Forestry Department under the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF). The description information belongs to the category “Legally harvested wood in Vietnam”. This announcement is intended to support Japanese businesses in better access

On December 04th to 06th, 2024, Vietnam Forest Certification Office (VFCO) cooperated with the Agricultural Extension Center of Tuyen Quang Province to organize a training course on “Skills in organizing production according to the sustainable plantation value chain and product marketing”. The training course was attended 30 trainees, including agricultural

In an important step towards ensuring the raw materials coming out of a PEFC-certified forest comply with EUDR requirements, the revised PEFC Sustainable Forest Management benchmark standard was approved by the PEFC General Assembly on Wednesday 13 November 2024. This revised standard, PEFC ST 1003:2024, comprises several new and amended

From November 11th to 13th, 2024, Vietnam Forest Certification Office (VFCO) cooperated with the Agricultural Extension Center of Thai Nguyen Province to organize a training course on “Skills in organizing production according to the sustainable plantation value chain”. The training course was attended by 30 trainees, including agricultural extension staffs,

On 11 October 2024, the European Commission announced the positive technical assessment for the PEFC RED II certification scheme. RED II and voluntary schemes The European Union’s (EU) Revised Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) is the Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from

The 22nd International Exhibition on Machinery and Equipment for the Packaging and Printing Industry 2024 – VietnamPrintPack 2024 takes place from September 18 to 21, 2024, at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC), the exhibition gathers more than 362 businesses from 17 countries and territories with 900 booths. VFCO

In order to compliance with the requirements of the European Union Deforestation-Free Regulation (EUDR) which will apply to operators and traders exporting and import products to the EU market from January 1st , 2025, the Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG) collaborated with the Vietnam Forest Certification Office (VFCO) to conduct training for