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Vietnam Agriculture
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US retail and seafood groups form a "shrimp-import defense coalition": Vietnamese shrimp and Japanese procurement
On July 31, 2026, US retail and seafood groups formed the "American Shrimp Alliance" to oppose import-shrimp restrictions. We unpack, from a practical standpoint, the tailwind for Vietnamese shrimp, whose exports to the United States fell 15%, and the impact on Japanese buyers who purchase from the same supply pool. -
98.5% of Vietnam's lobster exports go to China: the blind spot behind the 44% rise
98.5% of Vietnamese lobster exports go to China. The first half of 2026 was US$584.6 million, up 44%, but we read the danger of over-concentration shown by the 2023 spiny-lobster restrictions, and the room for diversification into the Japanese market. -
Vinh Long Province plans a seed-and-seedling bank, registering and preserving 10,000 mother coconut trees
Vinh Long province, Vietnam, has unveiled a plan for an agricultural seed-and-seedling bank. By preserving local heirloom varieties such as more than 10,000 coconut mother trees and mangosteen, it aims for self-sufficiency in high-quality seedlings. We unpack the implications for Japanese sourcing and seed policy. -
Da Nang's 477 OCOP products go to Grab: the day a ride-hailing app becomes a shelf for local specialties
Da Nang City has begun selling 477 OCOP-certified products on Grab's GrabMart and GrabFood. The national treasure Ngoc Linh ginseng has also joined, making the ride-hailing app a new sales channel for regional specialties. We compare it with Japan's roadside stations and farm-direct e-commerce and interpret it from a produce buyer's perspective. -
Undaunted by failure, net melon in the highlands: a northern greenhouse farmer earning 2.5 billion dong a year
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... -
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... -
A Japan–Vietnam partnership that builds the growing area first: Ha Tinh's tilapia farming for Japan gets moving
In Mai Hoa commune, Ha Tinh province in north-central Vietnam, a groundbreaking ceremony for farming ponds was held on August 10, 2026. Tilapia grow-out ponds will be built on 2.24 hectares of a single household's land, and a joint venture bearing a Japanese name will handle everything from fry to buyback. This, reported by the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) the next day, the 11th,... -
Turning a hill of scrubby trees into a guava orchard: 500 million dong a year supported by a Da Nang extension worker
In Que Son district, Da Nang city in central Vietnam, a hill of scrubland that had been logged bare has been reborn as an orchard. In 2023, Truong Van Arinh, who leads the local agricultural cooperative "HTX Nong nghiep Rung Bao," dug up a 3-hectare plot of poor acacia (keo) and planted the Taiwanese-type pear guava "oi le... -
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...
