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Food processing
Lao Cai's 58 OCOP products; 2 instant menma (fermented bamboo shoots) products reach four stars with ISO 22000
Lao Cai province certified 58 products as OCOP in its first batch of 2026. Of these, 14 products, including instant menma (seasoned bamboo shoots), were raised to four stars, with ISO 22000 as a condition. We read the implications for Japan's sourcing of menma and wild vegetables. -
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A Thai Nguyen party-branch secretary leads with 3 hectares of green bamboo; his family earns 450 million dong a year from bamboo shoots
In the Dong Dat hamlet of Phu Luong district, Thai Nguyen province, the party-branch secretary Duong planted 3 hectares of green bamboo first, and his family now earns 450 million dong a year from bamboo shoots. We interpret the village-wide move to organized production and the order of its spread from a Japanese sourcing perspective.
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