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Vietnam Agriculture
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What 17,000 cacao seedlings tell us: Dak Lak's "control the upstream" confectionery sourcing
Cacao beans, the raw material for chocolate, come about 70% of world supply from just two countries, Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana. With those two major producing regions cutting output due to erratic weather and disease, international cacao prices have stayed stuck in a historically high range. At a moment when procurement managers are unanimous in saying they "want to diversify growing regions,"... -
A law graduate earns 1.18 million yen a day from sea snails, shipping herb-prepared snails to South Korea
A cheap freshwater snail that children pick up at the edge of the rice fields is being transformed into an herb-prepared processed product and shipped to South Korea. What Nguyen Huu Nhon (34), a farmer in Lam Dong province in southern Vietnam, has built is not merely a farming business. A young man who graduated from law school takes a snail worth next to nothing for raw consumption and processes it... -
Miyazaki mango bears fruit on the outskirts of Saigon: can the Japanese brand be protected?
In a greenhouse on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City, red-ripened Miyazaki mango bore fruit from Vietnamese soil. It was grown by Nguyen Minh Nhan, who runs Stellar Orchard. The fruit first harvested from about 1,500 four-year-old trees goes for 400,000 dong... -
The day Vietnamese tilapia becomes the star of conveyor-belt sushi: Can Tho's export strategy
Can Tho city in Vietnam's Mekong Delta has set out a plan to develop tilapia (ca ro phi in Vietnamese, a white-fleshed freshwater fish) into a strategic export species. Starting from a farming area of 604 hectares at the end of 2025, the city's Department of Agriculture and Environment has set a goal of expanding the growing area to 96,500 hectares of potentially suitable land, with the United States as the main... -
80 hectares of greenhouses become a brand: the day Binh Duong muskmelon aims for the gift market
Phu Giao district in Binh Duong province, southern Vietnam, has set out a plan to turn its locally grown muskmelon into a regional brand as "Phu Giao muskmelon" and to expand sales-channel partnerships with cooperatives and companies. On July 9, 2026, government officials, farmers, cooperatives, and distribution firms sat down together, and production standards... -
The day farmers become crop doctors: Quang Ninh's reduced-pesticide rice opens sourcing to Japan
In Quang Ninh province in northern Vietnam, training has begun for paddy-rice farmers to become "crop doctors." In the Vi Khe area of Lien Hoa ward (phuong Lien Hoa), the ward farmers' association, together with the ward's service center and specialist agencies, has started a three-month course in integrated plant health management (IPHM... -
Live lobster nears US$1 billion: how China changed the way Vietnamese seafood earns
ベトナムの活ロブスターが、輸出額で10億ドル品目の一歩手前まで来ている。押し上げているのは中国の旺盛な需要だ。2025年の輸出は総額8億5,800万ドル（1ドル155円換算で約1,330億円）、その大半が中国向けで、殻付きのまま「生きたまま」運ばれていく。日... -
South Korea makes Vietnam a K-food logistics hub: how will Japanese sourcing move?
South Korea has officially designated Vietnam as a logistics and distribution hub for "K-food" aimed at ASEAN. In the policy announced by South Korea's Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs on July 7, the plan is to use a large logistics center set up in Hanoi as a base to re-distribute processed foods and fresh products to Cambodia and Laos. Vietnam, the stage for this... -
The day Vietnamese pangasius stops mass production: how processed goods open Japan's sourcing strategy
ベトナムのパンガシウス（越ナマズ）業界が、生産量を積み増す競争から、切り身より先の加工で稼ぐ方向へ舵を切り始めた。国営メディアが伝えた業界関係者の言葉を借りれば、勝ち筋はもはや養殖規模の大きさではなく、養殖から加工・副産物までのバリュー... -
The roles Vietnam and Singapore split, and how Japan rides the US$7 trillion halal market
ベトナムとシンガポールが、ハラル食品の「地域バリューチェーン」を一緒に組み立てようとしている。7月8日付のAsian Agribizが報じた両国の連携は、単なる二国間の商談ではない。原料の産地であるベトナムと、金融・物流・国際認証のハブであるシンガポー...
