TIN TỨC NÔNG NGHIỆP438 articles
Industry News
The latest developments in the agriculture and food industries of Vietnam and Southeast Asia, delivered on the basis of local statistics and primary sources.
Industry News– archive –
-
Lam Dong's VietGAP/organic support ordinance takes effect—subsidizing certification costs up to 45 million dong, supporting avocado, coffee, and tea
Lam Dong province, a major agricultural province in the southern Central Highlands of Vietnam, put into effect an ordinance supporting the acquisition of VietGAP, organic, and other GAP standards, dated March 10, 2026. Over the five years from 2026 to 2030, it subsidizes soil, water, and sample analysis costs up to 15 million dong per organization, and certification costs up to 45 million dong per organization... -
Vietnamese dragon fruit opens up the Middle East—2.7 times to Thailand, up 57% to the UAE, US$108 million in January–February
Vietnam's dragon fruit exports have entered a diversification phase, away from sole dependence on China toward the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Total export value in January–February 2026 was US$108.5 million (about 16.28 billion yen at 150 yen to 1 USD), up 14% year on year. Of this, exports to Thailand were US$9.2 million (2.7 times the previous year) and to the UAE US$3.3 million... -
Vietnamese green-skin pomelo exports to the US enter an expansion phase—three years after 2022 approval, US$17.5 million in Q1 2025, up 60% year on year
Green-skin pomelo (buoi da xanh) from the Mekong Delta in southern Vietnam was officially approved for export to the US by a USDA Federal Register notice in October 2022, becoming the seventh Vietnamese fresh fruit approved for US export, after dragon fruit, rambutan, longan, lychee, star apple, and mango... -
Frozen durian leads second-quarter exports—a fresh-coconut protocol also takes effect, with US$10 billion a year in range
According to the latest trends released by Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture and Environment and related industry bodies, the protocol for frozen-durian exports to China entered its full-operation phase in the second quarter (April–June 2026), and because it overlaps with the harvest peak of Mekong Delta Ri6 durian, Vietnam's frozen-durian exports are expected to accelerate sharply... -
Bach Hoa Xanh invades the north with its first Hanoi store—adding 1,000 stores in 2026, competing with a fresh-produce "double replacement"
Bach Hoa Xanh, a grocery supermarket under Mobile World Investment Corporation (MWG), Vietnam's largest electronics retailer, opened its first store in April 2026 in Yen Tang village, Da Phuc commune on the outskirts of Hanoi (an area on Hanoi's fringe bordering Bac Ninh province). The northern capital... -
WinCommerce to add up to 1,500 stores in 2026—direct fresh sourcing from 18 warehouses, accelerating its northern and rural strategy
WinCommerce (part of the Masan Group), Vietnam's largest food and daily-goods retail chain, has announced a plan to open 1,000–1,500 new stores in 2026. By year-end it will have about 6,100 stores, directing roughly 70–80% of new openings to provincial and rural areas. Direct fresh sourcing and 18 regul... -
Vietnamese fruit prices crash—watermelon at 3.8 cents/kg, Ri6 durian at half price, domestic oversupply as China tightens inspections
Fruit and vegetable prices are falling all at once across Vietnam's major growing regions. In Gia Lai province, watermelon fell at the farm-shipment level to 1,000–5,000 dong per kg (about 5.9–29.4 yen, at 170 VND to 1 JPY), with the lowest reaching the 3.8 cents/kg level. Tien Giang province's specialty Hoa Loc mango (Hoa L... -
In Quang Ngai Province, a 35-year-old revives sericulture — a 12-household group earning over 1 million yen a year, as a traditional producing region gets moving
In Buon village, Nghia Giang commune, Quang Ngai Province, 35-year-old Ton Long Quy has revived sericulture. Leading a joint group of 12 households and running 10 cycles a year, he secures a net profit of about 380,000 yen per cycle. By switching to rack rearing, he has cut labor by 50% and produces export-grade cocoons. -
In Moc Chau, Son La province, a 35-year-old man runs a Korea- and FAO-backed smart greenhouse—harvesting 18 tonnes of bell peppers for a gross profit of 20 million yen
On the Moc Chau plateau in Son La province, 35-year-old Vu Van Hieu realized greenhouse bell-pepper cultivation using a "next-generation smart farming" project backed by the FAO and the South Korean government. He harvested 18 tonnes from 1,836 square meters, securing a gross profit of about 20 million yen in three months. -
Vietnam's first "Green Lane" durian heads to China—end-to-end traceability from soil to shipment
ベトナム産ドリアン初のグリーンレーン輸出が実現。果実1個ごとにQRコード付きデジタルIDを貼付し、土壌から通関まで全工程を暗号化追跡。通関日数は従来の8〜11日から6日に短縮。
