Crops & Agricultural Products

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.

Seven investment proposals have come in for Bac Lieu's advanced shrimp-farming zone (418 hectares), which had sat almost idle for nine years. Advanced technologies such as RAS and disease-free seed stock line up. We read the signs of a restart from the standpoint of Japanese shrimp sourcing.

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.

Vietnam has announced a plan to make the Mong people's black cattle of the northern mountains and Ha Tinh's deer antler velvet into national brands. We read the aim of introducing Japanese and Korean meat-quality grading techniques, and the possibilities it opens for Japanese food sourcing.

Imports of Canadian lobster and snow crab into Vietnam rose about 40% over two years, reaching US$61 million in 2025. In a market growing into a buyer of premium seafood, we read the sales-channel potential that Japanese seafood buyers hold.

With wild white fish in short supply, the largest pangasius company, Vinh Hoan, is expanding sales channels centered on Europe. Its CEO named Brazil and Japan. We lay it out from the perspective of Japanese buyers looking for white-fish substitutes.

Can Tho City's Tan Hoa cooperative is standardizing the quality of the "Cat Hoa Loc" mango across a roughly 30 ha standardization zone, aiming for direct contracts with companies. We read it from the perspective of developing mango growing regions for Japan.

The Dak Lak cooperative Tan Lap Dong is standardizing export-grade durian across 40 households and 50 hectares under four growing-area codes and moving into orchard tourism. We lay out the points Japanese importers will want to check when choosing a growing area.

Dam Doi in Ca Mau province, together with Minh Phu, has built an ASC-certified black tiger shrimp farming zone of 268 households and 721 hectares. We lay out the points Japanese seafood buyers looking for certified raw material will want to check.

The cooperative Song Vu in Cau Dat, Da Lat, is breaking away from reliance on green beans and competing on quality through organic conversion and deeper processing. We lay out the points Japanese specialty roasters will want to check.