Received: 12-08-2021 / Accepted: 21-01-2022
This study was conducted to assessthe actual status of forestry production of the households in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. Results fromface-to-face interviews with 175 households using semi-structured questionnaires and in-depth interviews with 28 officials indicated that the systems mixed forest trees + industrial plants +/and fruit trees weremost commonly applied in the Central Highlands. Components of timber trees planted in their land use patterns were fairly diverse (23 main species), in which Litsea glutinosa, Cassiasiamea, Ceiba pentandra, and Macadamia integrifolia were the dominant forest trees. However, a lack of arablelandand finance to maintain the area of tree planting and lower economic efficiency from forest trees compared with different plantswere considered as the limitations for the expansion of tree planting area of ethnic minority households in the Central Highlands. The households tended to prioritize the selection of the multifunctional trees in their land use patterns.