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Accounting for 57% of its entire national area, the forests and forestland of Vietnam cover about 19 million hectares (ha), of which 12.6 million ha is covered by forests (MARD 2005). Because of its diverse climate conditions and complicated topography, Vietnam has a wide range of vegetation and soil types. The forest vegetation includes six major types: (i) evergreen and semideciduous broad-leaved forests, (ii) deciduous forests, (iii) bamboo and palms, (iv) coniferous forests, (v) open broad-leaved forests, and (vi) scrub. Forest soils comprise 14 major soil groups and 31 soil units. The major soil groups include Arenosols, Salic Fluvisols, Thionic Greysols, Acrisols, Ferralsols, and Leptosols. Of those soil groups, Acrisols cover the largest area, followed by Ferralsols and Thionic Fluvisols.
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Phuong, V.T. (2007). Forest Environment of Vietnam: Features of Forest Vegetation and Soils. In: Sawada, H., Araki, M., Chappell, N.A., LaFrankie, J.V., Shimizu, A. (eds) Forest Environments in the Mekong River Basin. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-46503-4_17
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