For example, under Decision N0.I6OO/QD-UBND in 2013, the master plan for forest protection and development of the city by 2020 assigns 24 238.1 hectares as forest land by 2020. Although the city has been implementing forest development projects with this in mind, the forested area was only 17 990 hectares in 2013 (11.8% of the total area). Increasing competition for land among various business sectors, inadequate capital for the protection and regeneration of forests, especially mangrove reforestation, due to the limited city budget, and lack of coordination within the governments (among departments, districts and communes) are noted as major reasons (City of Hai Phong, 2015).