Lao Cai– tag –
-
2,300 seedlings to four households: can Lao Cai's 2 hectares of Thai-type custard apple sell?
In the mountains of northern Vietnam, planting has begun of a fruit whose name is rarely heard in Japanese raw-material sourcing. In three hamlets of Bao Nhai commune, Lao Cai province, 2,300 suitable seedlings of the Thai-type custard apple "Na Hoang Hau" were distributed to four poor and near-poor households and are now being grown across a total of 2 hectares. Agriculture-and-environment... -
Lao Cai enacts a support ordinance for medicinal plants, subsidizing up to 5 billion dong per project from seedlings to processing
Lao Cai province in northern Vietnam put into effect Resolution No. 24 (Nghi quyet 24/2026/NQ-HDND) on August 22, 2026, injecting public funds into building up medicinal-plant growing areas. Linking seedling production, concentrated cultivation, cultivation under the forest, development of raw-material zones, and storage and processing into a single support measure, per project... -
Topsoil runoff on steep slopes down 46.7%: two years since Bac Ha, Lao Cai, swapped corn for the VH06 pear
On the steep slopes of Bac Ha commune, Lao Cai province in northern Vietnam, a move to switch corn fields—thinning with every rain—to an agroforestry mix combining the VH06 pear and red peanut has entered its second year. In a demonstration by the international forestry research organization ICRAF, figures show topsoil runoff fell by an average of 46.7%... -
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. -
An everbearing lime yields 20 tonnes year-round: a former pig farmer in Lao Cai opens up acidic citrus
A former pig farmer in Lao Cai province grows 3 hectares of everbearing lime year-round, harvesting 20 tonnes and just under about 200 million dong a year. We read what a year-round-fruiting acidic citrus shows for Japanese beverage and food sourcing in the seasons when domestic sudachi and kabosu rest.
1