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Growing regions & local information
Agricultural conditions across Vietnam
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Agricultural conditions across Vietnam
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Growing the forest wild vegetable rau nhip in the understory of a cashew field: side income in Dong Nai
In Tho Son commune, Bu Dang district, Dong Nai province in southern Vietnam, M'nong farmers are planting the wild vegetable "rau nhip," which until now was only gathered in the forest, beneath cashew (dieu) and coffee trees, turning it into side income. The farmer Dieu Thi Glung... -
The peak of Dak Lak's 41,000 hectares of durian shows the sourcing know-how of 280 growing-area codes
In the Buon Ma Thuot area, the center of Dak Lak province in Vietnam's Central Highlands, the Dak Lak Durian Festival opened on August 15, 2026. The aim of the event is to promote the regional brand and expand export markets, but what Japanese food buyers should read is not the festival's glamour. What Dak Lak holds as a province... -
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. -
Pineapple, bamboo rat, and pigeon on poor hills: the mixed farming of a Da Nang farmer
On the hills of Phu Thuan commune, Da Nang City (formerly Dai Loc district, Quang Nam province), more farmers are earning without abandoning poor land. Layering specialty livestock such as bamboo rats and pigeons on top of intercropped pineapple, a single household turns over several hundred million dong a year. For procurement managers and producers interested in mixed farming, this... -
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... -
Quitting a city job to return to farming in Hue: branding ornamental flowering trees with 7,000 yellow apricot trees
In the Quang Dien area on the outskirts of Hue City in central Vietnam, Nguyen Phi Truong grows nearly 10,000 of the Hue yellow apricot "hoang mai" on about 5,000 square meters. He quit his job in the city and returned to his hometown in 2018, and for Tet (the Lunar New Year) the indispensable... -
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.
