VIENTIANE: The Lao government plans to plant 34 million trees on 42,000 hectares of land in 2024 as part of efforts to achieve 70 per cent forest cover across the country by 2025.
To help achieve this goal and to mark Laos' National Arbor Day on June 1, Laos' Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry will plant some 3,500,000 saplings on 3,500 hectares of land, according to a report from the local Pasaxon newspaper on Wednesday (May 29).
