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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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Coconut at 5–10 Containers a Week Goes Only to Europe and the US; Where Is Japan's Room to Enter?
The Vietnamese fresh-produce exporter Michi Fruit revealed, in an interview, its destinations by item and the number of shipments per week. In an article FreshPlaza published on September 23, 2026, the company's Eric Michi said it ships coconuts to the two markets of Europe and the US at roughly 5–10 containers a week combined, and mangoes to Australia... -
A Vietnamese shrimp farmer's crop takes four months; their mind never leaves the pond, a seafood outlet wrote
On September 22, 2026, the Vietnamese seafood-specialist outlet Tepbac ran a column dealing solely with the psychology of shrimp farmers. The headline was "Throughout a crop, your mind never leaves the pond." It was placed not in the news pages but in an opinion column called "Goc nhin (Perspective)," signed by Phong. Neither the unit price nor the export value appears... -
Vietnam's 190,000 hectares of shrimp-rice: splitting the year between saltwater and freshwater, and the timing of planting and sourcing
On September 21, 2026, the Vietnamese seafood-specialist site tepbac.com published a technical article reorganizing practice from "doing it at the same time" to "doing it at the right time." It uses "tom - lua," which runs shrimp and rice in the same field, as an example of splitting the year between saltwater and freshwater, and from there proposes staggering the stocking timing for improved-extensive ponds... -
There are 384 trade agreements in force worldwide; the tariff on Vietnamese seafood to Japan differs by agreement
An article published by the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) on the morning of September 25, 2026 reported that, prompted by US tariff measures, countries are piling up bilateral and regional trade agreements, and that seafood tariff preferences are splitting finely by individual agreement. The figure placed at its center is "384." Start... -
Japan's surimi-product exports up 9% by volume; shipments to Vietnam rise 2.2-fold but to just 21 tonnes
According to Ministry of Finance trade statistics, surimi products such as kamaboko exported from Japan in January–July 2026 totaled 6,186 tonnes. That is up 9.5% from 5,650 tonnes in the same period a year earlier. The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) reported this on September 25 as content Minato Shimbun reported citing Ministry of Finance data... -
Seafood up 9%; households' real seafood spending down 6%, splitting the shelf by item
A short article released by the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) on September 25, 2026 reports that household spending is not keeping up with rising seafood prices in Japan. The "9%" and "6%" in the headline are figures that serve directly as negotiating material for the Japanese side sourcing seafood raw materials from Vietnam. How... -
Breeding 30,000 parasitic wasps against coconut pests: Vietnam aims to cut pesticides across 6 Mekong sites and 12 hectares
The Southern Plant Protection Center, under the Department of Crop Production and Plant Protection (Cuc Trong trot va Bao ve thuc vat) of Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, will operate biological pest-control application sites for coconut in 2026 at six locations in Dong Thap province, Vinh Long province, and Can Tho City, across a total area of 12 hectares. About 30,000 parasitic wasps, and earwigs... -
With under 1% share in China, the Philippines turns to a new variety: will it affect Vietnamese durian sourcing?
The Philippine durian exporters' association has laid out a plan to grow a variety called Golden Puyat to raise its competitiveness in the Chinese market. A Vietnamese agriculture-and-environment newspaper reported this on September 25, 2026. The arena where it will compete with Thai and Vietnamese produce is the Chinese market. Exporters... -
Vietnam's floating rice that grows with the floods: at two tonnes per hectare, can it become a raw material for Japan?
In the Mekong Delta's flood season, there is a native rice that extends its stalks to 3–5 m in step with the rising water. It is called lua mua noi in Vietnamese and floating rice in Japanese. A Vietnamese agriculture-and-environment newspaper dated September 24, 2026 reported that Le Thanh Phong, deputy director of the Institute of Climate Change at An Giang University... -
Com and durian fillings in mid-autumn mooncakes: more buyers for Vietnamese ingredients
"Nong san Viet," an agricultural-products section run by a Vietnamese agriculture newspaper, reported on September 23 that com (young-picked green rice), durian, tea, and lotus seeds are now being used as fillings in mid-autumn mooncakes. Com Moc Huyen, a producer that handles com, offers—in addition to com-filled mooncakes—lotus seed, red bean, mung bean, glutinous rice,...
