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Top shrimp company Minh Phu makes its move: a new Ca Mau plant that changes Japanese procurement
On June 28, 2026, in Ca Mau province at Vietnam's southernmost tip, the major shrimp processor Minh Phu Group's new plant, the "Minh Phu Khanh An Seafood Processing Plant," officially came online. The investment is about 1.5 trillion dong (about US$57 million, about 8.8 billion yen; at the time of writing, roughly 155 yen to the dollar and about 60 yen to 10,000 dong... -
Kura Sushi's white fish was catfish — how pangasius became a Japanese staple
The white-fish topping gliding along the conveyor-belt sushi lane turns out to be catfish raised in the Mekong Delta. On July 5, 2026, the Vietnamese fisheries trade magazine Vietfish Magazine reported that Vietnamese pangasius (basa) has penetrated Japan's white-fish consumption to the point of ranking second only to Alaska pollock fillets. Processed food... -
10,000 tonnes of EUDR-compliant rubber: VRG's sourcing network that "turns regulation into opportunity"
The Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG) sold about 10,000 tonnes of natural rubber compliant with the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) from 2025 through the first half of 2026 — this achievement, reported by a local agriculture-and-environment paper on July 3, is more than one company's export news. The full application of the regulation (for medium and large companies, 202... -
Shrimp heads sweeten the watermelon: 30 years of sandy-soil circular farming on Co To Island
On the outlying island of Co To in Quang Ninh province in northern Vietnam, there is a family that has spent 30 years practicing a method of turning shrimp heads into compost and returning it to the sandy seaside watermelon fields. Reported on July 3, 2026, by Nong nghiep Moi truong, a specialist paper affiliated with Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, the fields draw tourists who visit the island... -
The day the off-season disappears: the impact of a new longan variety where flowers and fruit coexist
On a single tree, flowers and fruit awaiting harvest hang at the same time. On a sandbar in Vietnam's Mekong Delta, such a new variety of longan has begun to bear fruit. Its name is "Long Phung Chau." It fruits about two years after planting, can be harvested almost year-round, and sells at 100,000 dong per kilo (about... -
European buyers let go of long-term contracts—the new norm in sourcing Vietnamese hard clams
At the export front line for Vietnamese hard clams (a bivalve known locally as ngao, also written ngheu), the way European buyers purchase has begun to change quietly but decisively. According to Vietnam's agriculture-and-environment newspaper (Nong nghiep Moi truong) on July 1, 2026, bivalve processing and... -
Areca over rice: a 5-ha Can Tho orchard reflects the gamble of relying on China
A farmer in Can Tho city in the Mekong Delta chose to tear out paddy fields and fruit trees and plant only areca (betel nut, cau in Vietnamese), and in 2025 made a profit of more than one billion dong (about 6 million yen, at roughly 60 yen to 10,000 dong) from the sale of fresh fruit alone. The Vietnamese paper Thanh Nien, on July 3, 2026... -
Hundreds of varieties of desert rose: a young Dong Nai man names the Japanese horticulture market
A young man in Dong Nai province in southern Vietnam, through self-taught crossbreeding, has bred the adenium—called the "desert rose" (local name Su)—into hundreds of distinct varieties, selling roughly 200 pots a day. What cannot be overlooked in this case, reported by Vietnamese agricultural media, is that his next target is... -
The man who makes melons 'drink' eggs-a woodworker takes on fermented-chicken-egg melon growing in Bac Ninh
In Bac Ninh province in northern Vietnam, a farmer who raises melons by "feeding" them fermented chicken eggs keeps selling out, the local paper Dan Viet reported on July 5, 2026. The central figure is Vu Chi Duc, who switched over from being a woodworker who had held a chisel and plane for about ten years. Meeting Japanese standards... -
Toward the nation's largest through provincial merger: Khanh Hoa's goats and sheep take on Halal
Khanh Hoa province in south-central Vietnam has begun moving a plan to raise goats and sheep into "halal-standard meat products." On July 2, 2026, the province's livestock and veterinary authorities held a sheep breeding-and-rearing training session in Trung Khanh Vinh village, covering everything from developing model farms to building a halal-compliant slaughtering and processing system...
