Agribusiness

A young man in Dong Nai province in southern Vietnam, through self-taught crossbreeding, has bred the adenium—called the "desert rose" (local name Su)—into hundreds of distinct varieties, selling roughly 200 pots a day. What cannot be overlooked in this case, reported by Vietnamese agricultural media, is that his next target is...

In Ca Mau province at Vietnam's southernmost tip, a 31-year-old who abandoned an engineering job in Ho Chi Minh City is getting "farming that only works on salt-damaged land" off the ground. What Lam Quoc Nhut grows is a salt-tolerant plant that grows wild on the embankments of shrimp ponds. Processed products such as the "plant salt" extracted from it...

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.

Two fish sauces from Cat Hai in Hai Phong have earned OCOP five stars, bringing the province's five-star products to ten. We explain how Japanese buyers can use this national certification, which examines everything from the sourcing area and process to the story and export capability, in choosing suppliers.

A tilapia-processing line with a daily capacity of 200 tonnes has come online in Hung Yen province. We unpack what Vietnamese white fish, vertically integrated from seed stock to export, will bring to the Japanese sourcing front line.

The major Vietnamese livestock company Hung Nhon has signed a package of partnerships with European players such as De Heus, Bel Ga, and Big Dutchman. We read, from the perspective of Japanese meat sourcing, its move to build a closed loop of 3 million laying hens in Tay Ninh province with an investment of about 100 million euros.

Ninh Binh province held an OCOP specialty-products week from June 26 to 30. We explain how Japanese food buyers can read this regional certification system, with 60 booths and about 70 items on display, as a clue for narrowing down growing areas.

Trung Nguyen Legend has broken ground on a Robusta deep-processing plant in Dak Lak province, investing 98.9 billion dong (about 6.09 billion yen). We unpack what the new spray-drying capacity of 1,000 kg/h will demand of Japanese roasters' and trading companies' raw-material sourcing.

Lenger, a major Vietnamese clam processor, has revealed a shift by overseas buyers from long-term contracts to small-lot orders. We read the bivalve market, growing at +29% in Spain and +49% in the United States, and the implications for Japan's shellfish sourcing.

In Ha Lang district, Cao Bang province in northern Vietnam, macadamia cultivation has reached its fruit-bearing stage. From 45 households on 17 ha toward a target of 2,000 ha in 2030. We unpack the differences from Lang Son and what it means for Japan's nut sourcing.