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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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A company buys up all 15 tonnes of sweet corn born from the poor land of the Lao Cai border
On 2 ha of poor land in Pa Long, Lao Cai province in northern Vietnam, sweet corn grown for a company by eight ethnic-minority households yielded 15 tonnes/ha in 90 days. Contract production, in which seed, fertilizer, and technology are handed over up front and the entire crop is bought at 6,000 dong per kilogram, levels out cash income in the mountains. We read whether it could become a third candidate growing area for Japan's frozen-corn sourcing. -
In Tuyen Quang, artificial seed production lets ca chien farming stand on its own apart from wild capture
The fisheries center in Tuyen Quang province has produced more than 50,000 artificially bred fry of the premium river fish ca chien since the start of the year. By producing in-house, within the growing area, the juveniles that once depended on wild catch, the raw material for cage farming is moving toward stability. We explain the yardstick by which Japanese sourcing assesses a growing area. -
A Noi Bai farmer turns a thin paddy into a greenhouse, localizing Korean grapes with a 1 billion dong investment
Near Noi Bai outside Hanoi, a farmer who replaced poor, barren paddy fields with greenhouses to grow a white-type grape of Korean origin called "milk grape" is achieving good results. According to a report carried by the local agricultural journal Nong nghiep Moi truong on July 25, 2026, Ta Quoc, born in 1986... -
Dien Bien opens up Arabica and macadamia: the northwest as a second sourcing destination
ソンラやダクラクへの一極集中を避けたい日本のコーヒー・ナッツバイヤーへ。北西部ディエンビエン省がアラビカとマカダミアを軸に描く輸出産地構想を、面積・計画・調達視点で読み解く。 -
The proof of zero pesticides is caught in the paddy: Vietnam's organic rice x ragworm double-cropping
Haiphong's organic rice x ragworm combined farming brings 500–600 million dong per hectare a year. Ragworms, which do not grow in paddies where pesticides remain, serve as an indicator of the water environment. We read its meaning for Japanese sourcing. -
Tea whose price is set by elevation: Tuyen Quang's snow tea gets moving
In the mountainous region of northern Vietnam, aged native-variety tea is beginning to be sold as the opposite of "cheap mass-produced tea." The Shan Tuyet snow tea handled by a processing workshop in Tan Lap hamlet, Vinh Thuy commune, Tuyen Quang province, circulates in small quantities in a price band of 6 million dong per kilo, and its processing... -
Cornfields turn to Arabica—the Son La highlands open a sourcing destination for beans and fruit
The steep slopes of Son La province in northwestern Vietnam are changing from fields of maize and cassava into a growing area for coffee and fruit trees. The Vietnamese newspaper Dan Viet took up the transformation of the Na San plateau in Chieng Mung district, formerly Mai Son district, reporting how the cultivation value of the sloped land has jumped... -
Selling the mist at 1,600 m: the day the Dao people escaped poverty with native orchids
ベトナム北部ラオカイ省の高地で、少数民族ザオ族の農家が地生ラン（ベトナム語でđịa lan、日本のシンビジウムに近い東洋ランの仲間）を換金作物に育て、長く抜け出せなかった貧困から離れつつある。舞台は標高1,500〜1,600メートル、旧サパ地区に属するタ... -
Shrimp heads sweeten the watermelon: 30 years of sandy-soil circular farming on Co To Island
On the outlying island of Co To in Quang Ninh province in northern Vietnam, there is a family that has spent 30 years practicing a method of turning shrimp heads into compost and returning it to the sandy seaside watermelon fields. Reported on July 3, 2026, by Nong nghiep Moi truong, a specialist paper affiliated with Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, the fields draw tourists who visit the island... -
The man who makes melons 'drink' eggs-a woodworker takes on fermented-chicken-egg melon growing in Bac Ninh
In Bac Ninh province in northern Vietnam, a farmer who raises melons by "feeding" them fermented chicken eggs keeps selling out, the local paper Dan Viet reported on July 5, 2026. The central figure is Vu Chi Duc, who switched over from being a woodworker who had held a chisel and plane for about ten years. Meeting Japanese standards...
