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Japanese market
Exports to Japan and Japan–Vietnam agricultural relations
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Exports to Japan and Japan–Vietnam agricultural relations
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Acacia alone for 40 years: a Hue farmer is chosen as one of 96 nationwide
Do Viet Tuyen (born 1962), a forestry farmer in the Phu Bai area of Hue City, was chosen as a "2026 Vietnam Outstanding Farmer (40 Years of Doi Moi)" on the strength of 8 hectares of acacia forest alone. For an award given to only 96 people nationwide, it was neither large-scale fruit trees nor high-end aquaculture but short-rotation timber for paper raw material... -
Japan dispatches experts for an on-site fruit-fly test on pomelo, and the opening to Japan gets moving
Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (MAE) is moving ahead with technical negotiations to open new export destinations for pomelo and passion fruit. As part of this, Japan has sent its own experts to Vietnam to supervise large-scale on-site trials of the fruit flies that attack pomelo. To settle the control method... -
Two Lam Dong women quit legal careers to make cacao: after South Korea, now toward exports to Japan
In Cat Tien 2 commune (Xa Cat Tien 2), Lam Dong province, the cacao-manufacturing company Ban Ca cao, run by two women born in 1993, has, after exporting to South Korea, begun the procedures to export to Japan. A small OCOP three-star maker that finishes chocolate bars and pure cacao powder in-house, with 2.5 tonnes a week... -
Vietnam's shrimp at US$2.3 billion in the first half and a 12.5% US tariff open a gap for Japanese sourcing
The Vietnamese government has set its 2026 export target at US$546 billion to US$551 billion (about 80 trillion yen, estimated at roughly 148 yen to the dollar). It piled up US$319.7 billion in January to July (up 21.7% year on year), but by the calculation it must earn an additional US$227 billion to US$231 billion over the remaining five months, and Nguyen Anh Son, director-general of the foreign-trade department, said the remaining... -
Vietnamese tropical fruit opens the Turkish market: a bid for export diversification with coconut and frozen goods
Vietnam's tropical fruits have set Turkey as their next sales channel. In a local survey released on August 11, 2026, by the Vietnam Trade Office in Turkey, fresh coconut, dragon fruit, mango, and durian, along with frozen fruit and IQF (individual quick-frozen) products, are seen as promising items for which Turkey has little room to produce... -
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... -
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...
