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Spices
Pepper, cinnamon, star anise, and more
Spices– category –
Pepper, cinnamon, star anise, and more
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The Vietnamese Bau May cooperative that splits pepper into six forms: what can Japanese raw-material sourcing use?
On September 24, 2026, the Vietnamese daily Nhan Dan featured the pepper-growing area of Hoa Hiep village, Ho Chi Minh City. The protagonist is the "Bau May Agriculture, Trade and Tourism Cooperative" (Hop tac xa Nong nghiep - Thuong mai - Du lich Bau May), which stopped shipping black pepper as raw material in sacks and, mil... -
Pepper for the EU faces 565 residue items: the upstream design that Lam Dong's 986 organic hectares passed
Black pepper for the EU faces a wall of 565 pesticide-residue items. The Hoang Nguyen cooperative in Lam Dong has obtained organic (USDA, EU, JAS) certification on 195.6 of its 986 hectares and exports from them. A JAS-compliant growing region becomes, for Japanese sourcing, a raw material that does not get stopped at inspection. -
Nghe An province approves a 618-hectare high-tech forestry zone—integrating large-diameter timber with understory medicinal plants
Vietnam's forestry has long been structured around churning out cheap, thin trees for chips in large quantities. A plan to restructure that is getting under way in the north-central region. According to Nong nghiep Moi truong (an agriculture-and-environment paper) dated July 27, 2026, Nghe An province, with a "North-Central High-Tech Forestry Application Zone" at its core, grows thick... -
Lam Dong's pepper-growing region: even at high prices, it does not return to heavy chemical use, shifting to soil-and-root cultivation
When pepper prices are high, growing regions tend to increase fertilizer and pesticides to chase higher output. Yet in Lam Dong province, Vietnam's largest pepper-growing region, the opposite move is appearing. What Nong nghiep Moi truong (an agriculture-and-environment paper) reported in a piece dated July 26, 2026 was that "if you want to make pepper healthy, first make the soil healthy... -
Ha Tinh's Phu Ha cooperative establishes habanero production: a rare chili at 170,000 dong per kg
The Phu Ha cooperative in Thuan Loc village, Ha Tinh province, has established production of the Mexican-origin super-hot chili habanero on 0.7 hectares and sells it at about 170,000 VND/kg, several times the price of ordinary chili. According to a report carried by the local agriculture magazine Nong nghiep Moi truong on July 26, 2026, it is the first commercial cultivation in the north-central region... -
A chili that sells out as soon as it is picked: contract farming opens up Vietnamese spice raw materials
Buyers appear the moment it is picked in the field—such a chili-growing area is developing on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City. In the An Nhon Tay area, formerly called Cu Chi district, farmers who switched the small hot-pepper-type chili "ot chi thien" to contract farming with a company are no longer tossed around by wild price swings... -
Earning from sa nhan without felling the forest: Lang Son's amomum-growing area gets moving
A hamlet in Lang Son province grows 76 hectares of the medicinal sa nhan (amomum) under the forest, and 18 households now earn over 100 million VND a year. We interpret this move toward organized production that benefits Japanese crude-drug and spice sourcing. -
What Is Vietnamese Cinnamon: Cassia Growing Regions, Saigon Cinnamon, and How to Use It
When you hear "cinnamon," you may well picture Ceylon (Sri Lanka). But much of the cinnamon now used in supermarkets, baking-supply stores, and coffee shops is in fact Vietnamese "cassia." Vietnam is one of the world's leading cinnamon exporters, and its aroma... -
What Is Vietnamese Pepper: The World's No. 1 Growing Region, Fresh Pepper, and Lime Salt-and-Pepper
The country that produces and exports the most pepper in the world is, in fact, Vietnam. From black pepper, essential to cooking, to the clustered "fresh pepper" that is rare in Japan and the refreshing "lime salt-and-pepper," a rich food culture around pepper is firmly rooted here. Fragrant Vietnamese... -
Star anise
Overview: Star anise is a specialty of northern Vietnam, which is the world's second-largest producer after China. Annual production is about 20,000–30,000 tonnes, and it is characterized by the strong, sweet aroma from its distinctive star-shaped fruit. Besides being a culinary spice, it is a source of shikimic acid, the raw material for the influenza drug Tamiflu...
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