LAO: Decree on the Protection Forest
This Decree defines the principles, the procedures, and the measures on the management, theprotection and conservation, the development, and the sustainable use of the protection forest, with theaims of bringing the richness to the protection forests and the protection forestry lands, ensuring theprotection of the environment, the water sources, the soil erosion, and safeguarding the soil quality,protecting the strategic national defense and public security forests, including the restoration, theencouragement, the monitoring and assessment of the laws in order to contribute to the improvementof the living standards of the people and the national socio-economic developme