Industry News

In Tu Mo Rong, Quang Ngai province (the former Kon Tum highlands), the budget for ceremonial celebratory flowers was converted into one million coffee seedlings distributed free to the Xo Dang people. It started on about 200 ha, with 1,000 ha of new planting targeted for 2030. We unpack this resident-led formation of a growing area from the perspective of Japanese roasters.

In Ha Lang district, Cao Bang province in northern Vietnam, macadamia cultivation has reached its fruit-bearing stage. From 45 households on 17 ha toward a target of 2,000 ha in 2030. We unpack the differences from Lang Son and what it means for Japan's nut sourcing.

Soursop grown under coconut palms is processed into tea and jam, with up to 1,000 boxes shipped to Australia each month. We unpack the details of this small-scale, D2C-style processing, a 15 ha partnership producing 7 tonnes a month, from the perspective of Japanese dried-fruit OEM.

Vietnam's QHC Group has signed a first export contract worth US$5 million for processed sorghum products with Malaysia's Antah Group. We unpack the circular model that turns dry land into raw-material fields, and its halal compliance, from the perspective of Japanese ingredient sourcing.

The major listed Vietnamese company BAF has broken ground on a high-tech pig farm in Gia Lai province with a scale of 5,000 sows and 60,000 fattening pigs. We unpack the background to the US$50 million FMO loan and the signals of environmentally conscious livestock farming that Japanese food trading companies and sourcing managers should note.

A processed-food maker in Da Nang is raising the unit price of produce through storytelling and gift design. A long-established fish-sauce maker now earns 30% of sales from gifts, and Me Mit Food has earned OCOP four stars. We unpack concrete measures that work for the product design of dried vegetables and OEM gifts.

In Nam Cam Ranh, Khanh Hoa province, eleven farm operators with annual incomes exceeding one billion VND launched a "billionaire farmers club." We unpack their multi-business model, which bundles shrimp farming with tourism, dining, and water taxis, from the perspective of Japanese seafood and distribution.

Tay Ninh province held an investment conference in Stuttgart. Hung Nhon and Germany's Big Dutchman signed an MOU on a livestock project worth about 100 million euros. We read the shape of Vietnamese meat—backed by European equipment and standards—heading for Japan.

Vo Tranh, the largest tea region in Thai Nguyen province (2,600 ha of tea, 17 OCOP products), has begun moving toward a unified brand while retaining the character of each village. We consider the aim of combining ethnic-minority culture with tea tourism, and the sourcing implications that Japanese tea buyers should read into it.

An Giang province harvested 5.3 million tonnes of rice in six months, of which 76.4% was high-quality rice. The planting of low-emission rice expanded to 184,000 ha. We read what the Mekong Delta one-million-hectare plan and low-carbon rice mean for Japanese sourcing.