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In Dong Thap province in the Mekong Delta, a sealed poultry house running air conditioning holds 60,000 birds. The three farms of Nguyen Duc Lu (known as Bay Lu, 70), in Dao Than ward, reported by state broadcaster VOV on September 24, 2026, run a total area of more than 5,000 square meters with eight people at all times, raising each bird to about 3 k... in 45 days...

Binh Dien, a major Vietnamese fertilizer company, is giving each Dau Trau-brand fertilizer bag an RFID and QR "digital ID." We interpret the anti-counterfeiting and tracking mechanism from the perspective of Japanese agricultural sourcing.

An advanced shrimp farm in Nghe An province, after suffering several billion dong in damage from a typhoon at the end of 2025, is recovering by investing about 7 billion dong in a year in deeper ponds and environmental monitoring. We read the underlying supply strength Japanese seafood sourcing should look at.

AgriS, one of Vietnam's largest sugar producers, opened a global innovation base in Singapore on September 16. We consider its aim of linking research with international markets, and the changes Japanese food buyers should read.

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.

Pests are caught in traps, AI classifies their photos into more than 148 species, and farmers record them in a pest-control log on their smartphone. "VietFruitRise," run jointly by Vietnam and Australia, has begun running this whole flow with more than 100 smart traps. How far field pest control is automated, and where human...

Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry tested blending 1–5% green-tea powder on 72 pigs. It has trademarked "green-tea pork," which commands a 20% higher live-weight price. We explain the branding of Vietnamese livestock and the key points for Japanese sourcing and processing.

The major seed company Kona Bay has introduced its non-ablation line Balance Pro in Vietnam. We lay out the facts—SPF, a 70–80% survival rate, and a field trial in Phan Rang—and explain how seed improvement works for the stability of shrimp supply to Japan.

Vietnam's forestry has long been structured around churning out cheap, thin trees for chips in large quantities. A plan to restructure that is getting under way in the north-central region. According to Nong nghiep Moi truong (an agriculture-and-environment paper) dated July 27, 2026, Nghe An province, with a "North-Central High-Tech Forestry Application Zone" at its core, grows thick...

A rundown wetland on the outskirts of Haiphong has become a poultry house whose temperature and humidity are watched by smartphone. The free-range-chicken farm a veteran opened on his own holds 25,000 birds, and a partner company drives trucks to the site to buy the entire flock. Though this case looks like one person's comeback story, for Japanese meat sourc...