Technology & Innovation

The major dried-fruit company Nafoods integrated 10 group companies into SAP S/4HANA, and first-half net profit nearly doubled. Its second freeze-drying plant in Long An also came online. We have summarized it from the viewpoint of Japanese food buyers choosing suppliers.

While Dak Lak's Chanh Thu increases purchasing to 40,000 tonnes, it uses quality control to prevent a decline in the share of Grade A fruit. From the figures of a surging harvest, we lay out the perspective for Japanese importers handling Vietnamese durian as they reconsider which growing areas and factories to choose.

In Tuyen Quang province in northern Vietnam, a farmer in a cool, high-elevation village switched to greenhouse cultivation of net melon and grapes, and the family earns sales of about 2.5 billion dong (about 14.7 million yen) a year. VietnamNet reported this on August 10, 2026. On mountain land once centered on rice and corn, high value-add...

In Bau Bang district, Binh Duong province in southern Vietnam, Nguyen Thi Thao Nhu (born 2001) grows organic black shimeji (local name nam moi den) while managing it with a smartphone. Sensors constantly measure the temperature, humidity, and hygiene of the growing shed, and...

The major Vietnamese seafood company Nam Viet (NAVICO) has formed a long-term partnership with Norway's Benchmark Genetics Norway (BGN) on the selective breeding of Nile tilapia. It was announced simultaneously from An Giang province and Bergen, Norway, on August 5, 2026. Selling fish...

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.

Ho Chi Minh City's Trang Linh established 35 hectares of noni production on the volcanic-ash soil of the former Xuyen Moc. Expecting USDA organic certification in August 2026, it is heading for South Korean and US exports. We read its design leaning toward processing across seven product lines, and the niche position it holds for Japanese functional-ingredient sourcing.

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...