Agribusiness

Binh Dien, a major Vietnamese fertilizer company, is giving each Dau Trau-brand fertilizer bag an RFID and QR "digital ID." We interpret the anti-counterfeiting and tracking mechanism from the perspective of Japanese agricultural sourcing.

The major US canned-tuna company Bumble Bee is closing its California plant and consolidating its processing bases. Taking into account its background as part of Taiwan's FCF group, we read the possibility of Vietnam's canning and seafood processing expanding as a recipient, from the perspective of Japanese sourcing.

The Central Youth Union's Rural Youth Startup Contest 2026 held its national finals in Dak Lak province on September 18. Of 315 entries, 29 advanced. We read the next generation taking on agri-processing and digital agriculture from a Japanese sourcing perspective.

An advanced shrimp farm in Nghe An province, after suffering several billion dong in damage from a typhoon at the end of 2025, is recovering by investing about 7 billion dong in a year in deeper ponds and environmental monitoring. We read the underlying supply strength Japanese seafood sourcing should look at.

AgriS, one of Vietnam's largest sugar producers, opened a global innovation base in Singapore on September 16. We consider its aim of linking research with international markets, and the changes Japanese food buyers should read.

A nursery operator in Gia Lai province that ships 21 million forestry seedlings a year has been named an outstanding farmer. We lay out what is happening upstream of the acacia and eucalyptus wood chips that Japan imports.

The World Bank is modernizing nine Vietnamese fishing ports for US$155 million. We lay out how climate resilience and post-harvest loss reduction relate to the quality and supply stability of the seafood Japan sources.

CP Vietnam has brought online an aquaculture-feed plant in Ca Mau province with annual output of 125,000 tonnes. We lay out, from the angle of how it serves as material for viewing Japan's sourcing of Vietnamese shrimp, this increase in feed production within the growing region.

A Haiphong cooperative ships off-season lotus, raising the unit price per stem to about twice the in-season rate. From a high-value model earning 500–700 million dong a year from lotus alone, we lay out a perspective on year-round sourcing for Japan.

The FTA between Vietnam and the four EFTA countries has reached a broad accord after 14 years. A high-standard, wealthy European market opens to Vietnamese seafood. We read what will ripple through to Japanese seafood sourcing as the hurdles of rules of origin and quality rise.