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Growing regions & local information
Agricultural conditions across Vietnam
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Agricultural conditions across Vietnam
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From coffee to durian: the choice of a farmer whose income grew sevenfold
A 56-year-old farmer in Dak Lak province who switched from coffee to durian has an annual income of US$76,000. We examine the real picture of the switch driven by Chinese demand, and the implications Japanese buyers should read now. -
Pineapple in the understory of acacia: Quang Ngai earns from poor land in layers
A Quang Ngai farmer grows pineapple under an acacia forest, cutting irrigation costs. We examine the implications for Japan's hilly and intermediate areas and for climate adaptation. -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
80% Grade A at 62,000 dong per kilo: a Dak Lak durian farmer evened out quality through fertilization
Even as farm-gate durian prices fall, Le Van Tuong of the Tan Son area, Krong Ana district, Dak Lak province, sold out his 1-hectare plot at 62,000 dong per kilo (about 350 yen at roughly 175 VND to 1 yen). His Grade A rate was over 80%. Having chosen buyers by even quality rather than price, in sourcing to Japan the "standard... -
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)... -
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%...
