As part of the 2025 AIN 8748 project plan, on September 9, 2025, the Center for Community Capacity Building and Social Consulting (CCCSC) and the Project Management Board of the Hue City Cooperative Alliance visited and worked with Hoa My Cooperative to discuss upcoming activities for the fourth quarter of 2025.
The working group included:
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Thi Phuong – National Project Coordinator and Director of CCCSC
- Mr. Hung – Director of the Project Management Board at the Hue City Cooperative Alliance
- Vice Chairman of the Cooperative Alliance
- Ms. Ninh Thi Huong – Project Coordinator at the Hue City Cooperative Alliance
- Mr. Vo Hao Quang – Project Support Officer in Hue City
- Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Thanh – Director of Hoa My Cooperative
- Mr. Ngo Van Toan – Deputy Director of Hoa My Cooperative
- Mr. Nguyen Van Quy – Cooperative Accountant
- Mr. Nguyen Binh – Cooperative Control Board
The meeting’s objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of the models supported by the AIN 8748 project, understand the production and business activities of the cooperative members, and discuss a specific action plan to improve the cooperative’s operations in the fourth quarter.
During the discussion, Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Thanh, Director of Hoa My Cooperative, reported on the cooperative’s activities for the first eight months of 2025. He also detailed the progress of households participating in forest certification, the inspection and monitoring process, and the corrective actions taken for minor non-conformities identified in the FSC-certified forest areas during the January 2025 maintenance assessment. He also provided an update on the forestry seedling nursery at the cooperative.
Additionally, members of the Hoa My Cooperative Management Board shared challenges they have faced since implementing the two-level government system. They also discussed monitoring FSC-certified forest areas and expanding the certified forest area for the upcoming maintenance assessment in January 2026.
After visiting the models supported by the AIN 8748 project at Hoa My Cooperative and hearing the reports and discussions from the Management Board, the working group highly praised the cooperative’s recent efforts. They proposed several solutions, recommendations, and suggestions for the cooperative to implement in the fourth quarter of 2025:
- Corrective Actions for Minor Non-Conformities:
- Pilot the planting of native trees in forest plots with stream buffer zones.
- Incorporate messaging into cooperative member meetings to educate residents about not leaving plastic or nylon waste in the forest and limiting slash-and-burn practices for forest planting. If burning is necessary, they must follow controlled burning procedures.
- Educate forest-growing households on the benefits and effectiveness of planting forests according to FSC standards.
- Seedling Production Support:
- Agree in principle to some of the cooperative’s proposals to overcome difficulties in forestry seedling production.
- Capacity Building:
- The AIN 8748 project management board will organize training sessions and study tours to improve members’ capacity for inspecting and monitoring, developing business plans for certified forests, and trading FSC-certified timber.
- Promote forest certification to residents and concretize policies that support forestry development.
