The Law on Forest Protection and Development (now named the Law on Forestry) is among the few laws that regulate wildlife protection in Vietnam, but it had not been revised since it was issued in 2004. This year, in order to improve the government’s oversight and legislation to combat wildlife trafficking, USAID’s Governance for Inclusive Growth (GIG) Program and the National Assembly provided technical support to review and analyze proposed changes in the law. Critically, the new law regulates violations in wildlife trafficking, providing the government with new tools to go after traffickers and consumers of wildlife products.  On November 15, the revised law was passed by the National Assembly with 88 percent support, and renamed to the 2017 Law on Forestry.  So What?  As USAID works with Vietnam to improve forest management and conserve biodiversity, the revised law reflects changes in forest management to help address Vietnam’s increasing forest degradation and decline in numbers of wild species of fauna and flora in the last 12 years.