The allocation of land and forest to local people for management and use has many
positive impacts, not only for forest smallholders but also for government and
organizations in charge of forest management, protection and development. Therefore,
the government has issued many policies to create a legal basis for forest and land
allocation, including granting of land use right certificates (LURCs) for forest
smallholders. In particular, in the context of the VPA FLEGT approval, the issuance
of LURCs has received more and more attention. During the survey of the impact of
VPA-FLEGT funded by FAO and conducted by SRD in 4 provinces (Phu Tho, Nghe
An, Quang Nam, and Binh Dinh), the research team found some problems related to
the issuance of LURCs for forest smallholders