CDSSEA 16 Politics of Mangrove Restoration: Changing Policies and Strategies of Mangrove Restoration in the Central Coast of Vietnam Author: Hoang Hao Tra My This report concerns the controversy surrounding mangrove restoration policy in Vietnam, examining how decentralization works in a central state and how it plays out on the ground. It is also a look into the level of understanding of mangrove restoration policy among stakeholders, and how local and scientific knowledge contest and intertwine in mangrove restoration.