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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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Vietnam's 190,000 hectares of shrimp-rice: splitting the year between saltwater and freshwater, and the timing of planting and sourcing
On September 21, 2026, the Vietnamese seafood-specialist site tepbac.com published a technical article reorganizing practice from "doing it at the same time" to "doing it at the right time." It uses "tom - lua," which runs shrimp and rice in the same field, as an example of splitting the year between saltwater and freshwater, and from there proposes staggering the stocking timing for improved-extensive ponds... -
Breeding 30,000 parasitic wasps against coconut pests: Vietnam aims to cut pesticides across 6 Mekong sites and 12 hectares
The Southern Plant Protection Center, under the Department of Crop Production and Plant Protection (Cuc Trong trot va Bao ve thuc vat) of Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, will operate biological pest-control application sites for coconut in 2026 at six locations in Dong Thap province, Vinh Long province, and Can Tho City, across a total area of 12 hectares. About 30,000 parasitic wasps, and earwigs... -
A first vessel from China arrives at Can Tho port; on the return leg, 80 containers of rice bran
On the afternoon of September 24, 2026, a container ship arrived at Cai Cui wharf in Can Tho City. It came from Nanning port in China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, passing through the Binh Luc canal. It carried 153 containers of general goods. And on the return leg, the Vietnamese side will load 80 containers of rice bran... -
Seven proposals for Bac Lieu's shrimp-farming zone, idle for nine years: will it benefit Japanese sourcing?
Seven investment proposals have come in for Bac Lieu's advanced shrimp-farming zone (418 hectares), which had sat almost idle for nine years. Advanced technologies such as RAS and disease-free seed stock line up. We read the signs of a restart from the standpoint of Japanese shrimp sourcing. -
With 60 hectares of certified cultivation in Can Tho, the buying price of thanh nhan longan doubles the market rate
The cooperative HTX Trang Ti Garden in Can Tho City, Vietnam, grows the premium longan "thanh nhan" on about 60 hectares, operating 20 hectares under GlobalGAP and 30 hectares under VietGAP. By staggering the season to shift flowering to July–October, it eliminates the harvest trough, and the buying price from buyers contracted with the cooperative... -
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)... -
The start of the Mekong flood season: juvenile ca linh arrive at the An Giang border for the first time
Juvenile ca linh, a small flood-season fish, arrived for the first time at the An Giang border market. Processed products go for 250,000 dong (about 1,500 yen) per kg. We explain the ecology of this migratory fish descending from Tonle Sap, the food culture of the mua nuoc noi, and the seasonality of wild seafood that Japanese buyers should read. -
On salt-damaged land in Can Tho, 180 households take up shrimp-rice farming, making it a side-income source across 250 hectares
In the Luong Tam area of Can Tho City, 180 households and 250 hectares are taking up tom-lua (shrimp-rice farming) using paddy fields. We interpret this low-input model that turns salt-damaged land into a resource, and its meaning for Japanese premium sourcing. -
Why An Giang's rice farming on acid soil turned a profit after giving up reliance on experience
Rice farming in the Mekong Delta has long been said to be "done by experience." The timing of sowing, how water is let in, how much fertilizer is spread—all of it rests on intuition passed from parent to child. Yet in a strongly acidic corner of An Giang province, a farmer who replaced that intuition with soil design, without letting the rice wither... -
The day the off-season disappears: the impact of a new longan variety where flowers and fruit coexist
On a single tree, flowers and fruit awaiting harvest hang at the same time. On a sandbar in Vietnam's Mekong Delta, such a new variety of longan has begun to bear fruit. Its name is "Long Phung Chau." It fruits about two years after planting, can be harvested almost year-round, and sells at 100,000 dong per kilo (about...
