Viet-Nam’s Phase II Programme is a Tier 2 programme and its implementation shall follow the Terms of Reference of Tier 2, which is approved by the Policy Board at the 9th meeting in October 2012 in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo

The objective of this paper is to provide background information and preliminary advice to the Government of
Vietnam and stakeholders in Vietnam on how to integrate national and subnational approaches to REDD+ in
Vietnam.

This report presents the main findings, conclusions and recommendations from an assessment of the effectiveness of Training and Awareness Raising (T&AR) implemented by the UN-REDD Viet Nam Programme between October 2009 and December 2011. The assessment itself was carried out between December 2011 and April 2012.

This report outlines the lessons that have been learned by a range of different stakeholders in Viet Nam, as a result of their involvement in different activities and discussions during Phase 1 of the Programme. They demonstrate a widespread appreciation of the inclusive nature of REDD+ discussions but also some persistent misunderstandings about the nature of REDD+, its likely benefits, and its limitations.

This presentation was delivered at 4th meeting of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) held in June 2012 in order to present strategic point of view on responding climate change, natioanl climate change and REDD+ policies of Vietnam.

The main objectives of this assignment are to create high quality forest status maps for 2011 of two districts (Lam Ha and Di Linh) in Lam Dong province; to complete the analysis on trends of and major driving forces behind deforestation and forest degradation for the period from 1990 - 2011; to identify areas critical for the implementation of REDD+ and mainstreaming REDD+ implementation into district level land-use planning in two above-mentioned districts.

Social and environmental principles and criteria will provide the UN‐REDD Programme with a safeguards framework to ensure that its activities promote social and environmental benefits and reduce risks from REDD+.