37 articles
SDGs & Sustainability
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A woman farmer in her 70s in Hanoi's Noi Bai: 2 billion dong in annual sales from earthworm compost and a 3-star OCOP
In a corner of Noi Bai, Hanoi, a female farmer in her 70s is using earthworms (giun que) to restore poor land into fields where crops will grow. She runs GHT Farm. Having enlisted in 1971 and spent more than 30 years in the military before returning to farming, she feeds livestock manure to earthworms to turn it into compost, and uses that compost to grow crops again... -
Coffee branches and leaves that were to be thrown away become a resource: the business opportunity opened by Vietnamese coffee's decarbonization
Pruned branches and leaves from coffee plantations and the husks left after processing used to be nuisances, merely burned in a corner of the field or left to pile up. But in Vietnam's main growing areas, these "things that were meant to be thrown away" are being remade into organic fertilizer, curbing the use of chemical fertilizer while even pushing up farmers' incomes... -
A one-handed disabled veteran grows dwarf coconut—is Dong Nai's circular farm a sourcing candidate?
At an orchard in Dong Nai province in southern Vietnam, short dwarf palms are bearing fruit heavily on their branches. The orchard is run by a disabled war veteran who, despite having lost his right hand, has stood in the fields for half a century. The local outlet "Dan Viet" praised it as "lam nong tu te" (honest farming)... -
4,000 bee colonies earn their keep under the fruit trees: triple cropping at a pesticide-free mango orchard
At an orchard in Khanh Hoa province in south-central Vietnam, a tiny bee just a few millimeters long has become a source of income exceeding one billion dong a year. At the foot of a vast orchard planted with mango and coconut, 4,000 colonies of stingless bees are lined up in hives, in a system that handles pollination and honey harvesting at the same time. The farm... -
A coffee country bets on "low-emission cacao": a demonstration across 23 Dak Lak farms
A low-emission cacao demonstration of 23 farms and 18.5 hectares has begun in Dak Lak province, Vietnam. We interpret, from the perspective of Japanese chocolate-ingredient sourcing, this move to target Europe, the US, and Japan through ESG and integrated processing in the growing region. -
The pineapple a 35-degree field discarded: the export variety MD2 changes the growing region's future
Can Tho, Vietnam, is abandoning the Queen variety, degraded by extreme heat, and switching to the disease- and heat-resistant MD2. We interpret its integrated network from cultivation to processing and the implications for Japanese frozen- and canned-raw-material sourcing. -
A fisherman who left the oil fields and returned to the coral, linking livelihood and conservation
The effort of a former oil-field engineer protecting 64 hectares of coral reef in a Da Nang fishing village. We interpret the implications that co-management—shifting fishing pressure to tourism—poses for Japanese seafood buyers and growing areas. -
Lam Dong's VietGAP/organic support ordinance takes effect—subsidizing certification costs up to 45 million dong, supporting avocado, coffee, and tea
Lam Dong province, a major agricultural province in the southern Central Highlands of Vietnam, put into effect an ordinance supporting the acquisition of VietGAP, organic, and other GAP standards, dated March 10, 2026. Over the five years from 2026 to 2030, it subsidizes soil, water, and sample analysis costs up to 15 million dong per organization, and certification costs up to 45 million dong per organization... -
In Quang Ngai Province, a 35-year-old revives sericulture — a 12-household group earning over 1 million yen a year, as a traditional producing region gets moving
In Buon village, Nghia Giang commune, Quang Ngai Province, 35-year-old Ton Long Quy has revived sericulture. Leading a joint group of 12 households and running 10 cycles a year, he secures a net profit of about 380,000 yen per cycle. By switching to rack rearing, he has cut labor by 50% and produces export-grade cocoons. -
In Moc Chau, Son La province, a 35-year-old man runs a Korea- and FAO-backed smart greenhouse—harvesting 18 tonnes of bell peppers for a gross profit of 20 million yen
On the Moc Chau plateau in Son La province, 35-year-old Vu Van Hieu realized greenhouse bell-pepper cultivation using a "next-generation smart farming" project backed by the FAO and the South Korean government. He harvested 18 tonnes from 1,836 square meters, securing a gross profit of about 20 million yen in three months.
