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Mekong Delta
5 tenths or moreNational rice production
3 ItemsRice, shrimp, and coconut
# Can Tho# Shrimp farming# Coconut
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Areca over rice: a 5-ha Can Tho orchard reflects the gamble of relying on China
A farmer in Can Tho city in the Mekong Delta chose to tear out paddy fields and fruit trees and plant only areca (betel nut, cau in Vietnamese), and in 2025 made a profit of more than one billion dong (about 6 million yen, at roughly 60 yen to 10,000 dong) from the sale of fresh fruit alone. The Vietnamese paper Thanh Nien, on July 3, 2026... -
Don't fix the salt: Ca Mau's salt-tolerant farming gives rise to the business opportunity of "plant salt"
In Ca Mau province at Vietnam's southernmost tip, a 31-year-old who abandoned an engineering job in Ho Chi Minh City is getting "farming that only works on salt-damaged land" off the ground. What Lam Quoc Nhut grows is a salt-tolerant plant that grows wild on the embankments of shrimp ponds. Processed products such as the "plant salt" extracted from it... -
An Giang province harvests 5.3 million tonnes in half a year; rice shifts from quantity to quality and low emissions
An Giang province harvested 5.3 million tonnes of rice in six months, of which 76.4% was high-quality rice. The planting of low-emission rice expanded to 184,000 ha. We read what the Mekong Delta one-million-hectare plan and low-carbon rice mean for Japanese sourcing. -
A 45-year-old tree speaks: the branding strategy of a Mekong production area that doesn't sell raw materials
A mangosteen orchard in Can Tho has turned its old trees into a tourism resource by attaching QR codes, names, and tree ages. We unpack this Mekong move from supplying raw materials to selling a story, and the implications for Japanese dried fruit, gifts, and growing-area branding. -
What is Vietnamese pomelo? Its difference from buntan and zabon, and its growing regions and how to eat it
ポメロは、柑橘類のなかでも最大級の大きさを誇る果実です。日本では文旦（ぶんたん）やザボンと呼ばれる果物の仲間で、厚い皮の中にプリッとした大粒の果肉が詰まっています。さっぱりした甘さとほどよい酸味が特徴で、ベトナムでは「ブオイ」と呼ばれ、... -
What is rambutan? Its taste, how to peel it, how it differs from lychee, and its growing regions
赤い毛にびっしり覆われた、ユニークな見た目のランブータン。皮をむくと、ライチによく似た半透明でみずみずしい白い果肉が現れます。東南アジアを代表する南国フルーツのひとつで、ベトナムでも初夏から夏にかけて市場をにぎわせます。ライチやマンゴス... -
Vietnamese mangosteen: the producing areas, season and how to eat the queen of fruits
「果物の女王」と称されるマンゴスチン。厚い紫色の皮を割ると、みかんの房のように並んだ白い果肉が現れます。上品な甘さとさわやかな酸味のバランスは、女王の名にふさわしい味わいです。ベトナムでは初夏に旬を迎え、南部の市場を彩ります。 この記事で... -
Saigon Co.op holds "Dong Thap Fruit Week"—directly sourcing Mekong mango and durian across some 800 stores nationwide
サイゴンコープとドンタップ省が6月5〜8日に「果物週間」を開催。Co.opmartを軸とする全国約800店の流通網でメコン産マンゴー・ドリアン等を直接買い上げ、産地過剰を内需で吸収する。 -
Mekong durian farmers sell on the roadside at below cost—cadmium detection the trigger
メコンデルタのドリアン農家が原価割れに直面。中国向けでカドミウムが検出され輸出が止まり、Ri6は卸2〜3万ドンまで下落。供給過剰と品質管理の課題が露呈した。 -
Vietnamese fruit prices crash—watermelon at 3.8 cents/kg, Ri6 durian at half price, domestic oversupply as China tightens inspections
Fruit and vegetable prices are falling all at once across Vietnam's major growing regions. In Gia Lai province, watermelon fell at the farm-shipment level to 1,000–5,000 dong per kg (about 5.9–29.4 yen, at 170 VND to 1 JPY), with the lowest reaching the 3.8 cents/kg level. Tien Giang province's specialty Hoa Loc mango (Hoa L...
