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The 2nd Project Steering Committee meeting for SNRM Project was organized on 17 May in Hanoi. It was co-chaired by Mr. Long, General Director of International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and Mr. Kakioka, Deputy Representative of JICA Vietnam Office.

The meeting had around 60 participants including Vice Chairmen of Provincial People's Committees, representatives of Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, MARD, JICA Head-quarters and JICA Vietnam Office, and experts of the project.

The meeting is aimed to review the project progress from August 2015 to April 2018 and discuss the key activities to be conducted in the latter half of the project.

Participants agreed the project has made consistent progress towards its goal but believed that it is necessary for the country to get access to and make use of external resources to adapt with the changing context of international support for forestry sector.

To do so, it was shared with the participants that the project would support the country's application for the pilot programme for REDD+ results-based payments implemented by Green Climate Fund^[1] , in collaboration with other international donors in the latter half of the project.

SNRM project will manage to accomplish our planned activities in the latter half of the project term for fulfilment of its goal.

Mr. Miyazono, Chief Technical Adviser presented the progress of the project. During his presentation, he showed the videoclips on project activities broadcasted on Japanese TVs

The products and mannuals from SNRM project were displayed at the meeting. Participants were tasting bee honey produced in different provinces.