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the Red River Delta, the northeast, and the northwest
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the Red River Delta, the northeast, and the northwest
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Turning the Mong people's black cattle into "Vietnam's Wagyu": a national brand taking on Japanese grading techniques
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. -
Cao Bang Province's Glass Noodles Head to the US: The Frontier Sales Channel Opened by Tan Viet A's Four-Star Product
In Cao Bang, a mountainous province in the far north of Vietnam, the glass noodles "Mien Dong" made by the Tan Viet A cooperative are on US shelves. This product, which first shipped 4 tonnes in January 2025, is the first Cao Bang OCOP-certified item to reach the US market. Having expanded its raw-material sourcing across Southeast Asia... -
Son La's custard apples weigh 1.3 kg each, sell out at the field, and bring 1.5 billion dong in profit on 4 hectares
In Mai Son district, Son La province in northwestern Vietnam, large custard apples that grow to 0.8–1.3 kg each have been surrounded by buyers at the field from the first day of harvest, and orders keep coming without a break. Slopes that were once self-sufficiency land for corn and cassava, through replanting with Thai, Taiwanese, and Sau Rieng varieties and... -
Topsoil runoff on steep slopes down 46.7%: two years since Bac Ha, Lao Cai, swapped corn for the VH06 pear
On the steep slopes of Bac Ha commune, Lao Cai province in northern Vietnam, a move to switch corn fields—thinning with every rain—to an agroforestry mix combining the VH06 pear and red peanut has entered its second year. In a demonstration by the international forestry research organization ICRAF, figures show topsoil runoff fell by an average of 46.7%... -
22 buffalo-breeding households join forces: Bac Quang's bet on a buffalo-meat brand
In Bac Quang commune, Tuyen Quang province, in northern Vietnam, 22 farming households engaged in buffalo breeding have set up a dedicated organization. On August 11, an inaugural ceremony was held at the cultural hall of Thanh Son hamlet, and the organization was named the "Occupational Farmers' Branch for Buffalo Breeding (Chi hoi Nong dan nghe nghiep chan nuoi... -
26 households bet on mountain medicinal herbs across 13 hectares: Tuyen Quang's purple sa nhan
In Thuong Nong commune, Tuyen Quang province in northern Vietnam, 26 households switched a combined 13 hectares of fields to the medicinal crop "sa nhan tim (purple sa nhan)." Funded by production support from a national target program allocated to the socio-economic development of ethnic-minority and mountainous areas, seedlings and cultivation tech... -
A university-educated Tai woman returns home to build a Lai Chau honey cooperative with nine villagers
In the mountains of Lai Chau province in northwestern Vietnam, a woman who returned to her hometown instead of moving to the city runs a beekeeping cooperative. Lo Thanh Xuan (born 1994), a Tai woman living in Ban Khoang, Muong Than village, came back to the village holding a university degree in rural development... -
Phu Tho's Tu Vu bonsai farmers, 50 households, grow into a 10-hectare horticulture area earning 100–500 million dong a year
In Tu Vu, Phu Tho province, bonsai and ornamental-plant farmers have clustered into more than 50 households and 10 hectares, becoming a horticulture area earning 100–500 million dong a year. We soberly read Japanese flower sourcing and the wall of plant quarantine. -
A Thai Nguyen party-branch secretary leads with 3 hectares of green bamboo; his family earns 450 million dong a year from bamboo shoots
In the Dong Dat hamlet of Phu Luong district, Thai Nguyen province, the party-branch secretary Duong planted 3 hectares of green bamboo first, and his family now earns 450 million dong a year from bamboo shoots. We interpret the village-wide move to organized production and the order of its spread from a Japanese sourcing perspective. -
An everbearing lime yields 20 tonnes year-round: a former pig farmer in Lao Cai opens up acidic citrus
A former pig farmer in Lao Cai province grows 3 hectares of everbearing lime year-round, harvesting 20 tonnes and just under about 200 million dong a year. We read what a year-round-fruiting acidic citrus shows for Japanese beverage and food sourcing in the seasons when domestic sudachi and kabosu rest.
