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Crops & Agricultural Products
Information on Vietnam's main crops and agricultural products
Crops & Agricultural Products– category –
Information on Vietnam's main crops and agricultural products
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80% Grade A at 62,000 dong per kilo: a Dak Lak durian farmer evened out quality through fertilization
Even as farm-gate durian prices fall, Le Van Tuong of the Tan Son area, Krong Ana district, Dak Lak province, sold out his 1-hectare plot at 62,000 dong per kilo (about 350 yen at roughly 175 VND to 1 yen). His Grade A rate was over 80%. Having chosen buyers by even quality rather than price, in sourcing to Japan the "standard... -
An An Giang farmer turns paddy into jackfruit for a net profit of 45 million dong, surpassing rice
In Vinh Thanh Trung, An Giang province in southern Vietnam, a farmer who gave up rice and switched to the Thai variety of jackfruit (mit) is earning take-home income that exceeds year-round rice farming. Phan Trung Tin, reported by the local paper Dan Viet (August 14, 2026)... -
China's imports of Vietnamese coffee up 87% in five months, squeezing Japan's sourcing allocation
China is suddenly ramping up volume as a buyer of Vietnamese coffee. According to an analysis of China-bound agricultural products compiled by Vietnam News Agency (VietnamPlus) in August 2026, the Vietnamese coffee China imported in January–May 2026 was US$99.6 million (about 14.7 billion yen, roughly estimated at 148 yen to the dollar), up year on year... -
China buys US$846 million of Vietnamese durian in the first half, emerging as its second-largest supplier
In the first half of 2026, the Vietnamese durian China imported reached US$846 million (about 125.2 billion yen at 148 yen to the dollar). This accounts for about 18% of China's total durian imports, and Vietnam has established itself as the "second-largest supplier" after Thailand in the Chinese mainland market. The figures, from a VietnamPlus dated August 10... -
Growing the forest wild vegetable rau nhip in the understory of a cashew field: side income in Dong Nai
In Tho Son commune, Bu Dang district, Dong Nai province in southern Vietnam, M'nong farmers are planting the wild vegetable "rau nhip," which until now was only gathered in the forest, beneath cashew (dieu) and coffee trees, turning it into side income. The farmer Dieu Thi Glung... -
At the Hong Kong Food Expo's 1,850 companies, a scramble for Vietnamese Robusta tests Japanese sourcing
"Food Expo PRO 2026," a trade food fair organized by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), opened on August 13 with more than 1,850 companies from over 30 countries and regions exhibiting. The Robusta of Vietnam, the world's second-largest coffee exporter, went looking for new sales channels in this buyer-dense venue... -
The 353 growing-area codes carrying Dong Thap's dried mango to Japan
Dong Thap province in the Mekong Delta has begun bundling its mango-growing areas by "number." Mango cultivation in the province covers about 17,300 ha with annual output of more than 185,000 tonnes. Of this, 10,030.17 ha have obtained 353 growing-area codes (ma so vung trong), and quality is being aligned to the VietGAP, GlobalGAP, and organic standards... -
The peak of Dak Lak's 41,000 hectares of durian shows the sourcing know-how of 280 growing-area codes
In the Buon Ma Thuot area, the center of Dak Lak province in Vietnam's Central Highlands, the Dak Lak Durian Festival opened on August 15, 2026. The aim of the event is to promote the regional brand and expand export markets, but what Japanese food buyers should read is not the festival's glamour. What Dak Lak holds as a province... -
Y Pốt Niê of the Ede People, Who Quit Being a Doctor, Sells Dak Lak Coffee to the US Under His Own Name
A doctor who worked for about four years at a hospital in Dak Lak Province took off his white coat and carried his hometown's coffee to the US under his own brand. Y Pốt Niê of the Ede people (English name Henry) formally quit medicine on May 15, 2019, and sells beans from K'La hamlet, Dray Sap commune, Krong Ana district, where he was born and raised, under the name "Ê Đê Càfe"... -
90% of Vietnam's lobster seed is imported: a 10-day quarantine protects the quality of exports to China
Vietnamese lobster farming depends on imports for more than 90% of its juveniles. We explain the quarantine procedures set out in Document No. 2625 of 2026 (isolation of up to 10 days, testing for white-spot disease and milky disease), and unpack how upstream disease control shapes the quality assurance of exports to China and Japan, from the perspective of Japanese buyers.
