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1 billion trees in Vietnam during the
2021 – 2025 period.
According to the project, of the 1 billion trees to be
planted by the end of 2025, 690 million will be grown in urban and
rural areas, and 310 million planted in protected, special, and production
forests.
The project aims to protect the
ecosystem, improve the scenery,
respond to
climate change, boost socio-economic development, improve the
quality of people's life and foster the sustainable growth of the country.
As per the project, the target for 2021 is 182 million trees,
with an average of 204.5 million trees to be planted each year in the 2022-2025 period.