Logistics & supply chain

The Vietnamese fruit-processing company Agriviet Factory (corporate name Công ty TNHH Nhà Máy Nông Sản Việt Nam) named India, the Philippines, and Singapore as candidates for new sales channels for dragon fruit. The company's Le Quang Nguon told FreshPlaza, and the article...

On the afternoon of September 24, 2026, a container ship arrived at Cai Cui wharf in Can Tho City. It came from Nanning port in China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, passing through the Binh Luc canal. It carried 153 containers of general goods. And on the return leg, the Vietnamese side will load 80 containers of rice bran...

Twenty-two Vietnamese companies exhibited at 24 booths at Asia Fruit Logistica 2026 in Hong Kong. We lay out the real names of exhibitors targeting India and the Middle East, and the sourcing routes Japanese produce buyers should read.

Da Nang City has begun selling 477 OCOP-certified products on Grab's GrabMart and GrabFood. The national treasure Ngoc Linh ginseng has also joined, making the ride-hailing app a new sales channel for regional specialties. We compare it with Japan's roadside stations and farm-direct e-commerce and interpret it from a produce buyer's perspective.

South Korea's largest convenience-store chain, GS25, has designated a Del Monte plantation in Tay Ninh province, Vietnam, as exclusive to itself. We interpret this lock-up style of sourcing of more than 200,000 packs a month from the perspective of Japanese retailers and trading houses that source Vietnamese fresh produce.

South Korea has officially designated Vietnam as a logistics and distribution hub for "K-food" aimed at ASEAN. In the policy announced by South Korea's Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs on July 7, the plan is to use a large logistics center set up in Hanoi as a base to re-distribute processed foods and fresh products to Cambodia and Laos. Vietnam, the stage for this...

Greenfeed, Vietnam's fourth-largest feed and pig-farming company, has launched G-Link, an online trading platform for market hogs. We interpret how it will change live-animal trading left to market prices, through to its implications for Japanese meat sourcing.

In Dak Lak province in Vietnam's Central Highlands, a "fruit export-processing cluster (industrial park)" that brings fruit grading, refrigeration, inspection, and logistics together in one place has gotten under way. Launched on June 20, 2026, this project sees this region—known for coffee exports—treat fruit, durian in particular, as...

Domestic wholesale prices for Vietnamese durian have turned around late in the harvest. Ri6 Grade A has recovered to 55,000–60,000 dong. We explain the structure of export regulations that move prices, and the sourcing timing that Japanese frozen and processing buyers should read.

As domestic agricultural products rise in price, more food manufacturers, restaurants, and buyers are considering imports from Vietnam. Vietnam's strength is that it is close, which makes it easy to keep shipping times down, and the range of items that can be sourced is wide—from fruit to coffee, cashew nuts, and frozen vegetables...