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Under Decree 342, the ENT for CPTPP companies is exempted on October 18. We read what it means for 300 Aeon stores and FamilyMart's 300 Hanoi stores to start moving, from the standpoint of Japanese food makers' distribution flow and procedures.

In the lychee-growing area of Thanh Ha in Haiphong, northern Vietnam, producers have agreed to stop all chemical pesticides 40 days before harvest, the local agriculture-specialist paper Nong nghiep va Moi truong reported in a piece dated September 24, 2026. The first part of the same series (dated September 23) said that from 300 trees, about one tonne...

In Dong Thap province in the Mekong Delta, a sealed poultry house running air conditioning holds 60,000 birds. The three farms of Nguyen Duc Lu (known as Bay Lu, 70), in Dao Than ward, reported by state broadcaster VOV on September 24, 2026, run a total area of more than 5,000 square meters with eight people at all times, raising each bird to about 3 k... in 45 days...

With wild white fish in short supply, the largest pangasius company, Vinh Hoan, is expanding sales channels centered on Europe. Its CEO named Brazil and Japan. We lay it out from the perspective of Japanese buyers looking for white-fish substitutes.

Vinh Hoan's ASC-certified prepared pangasius product "Cured Panga Croquette" took the top award at Seafood Excellence Asia 2026. We lay out its significance from the angle of a white-fish substitute for Japan's foodservice and ready-meal sectors.

While Dak Lak's Chanh Thu increases purchasing to 40,000 tonnes, it uses quality control to prevent a decline in the share of Grade A fruit. From the figures of a surging harvest, we lay out the perspective for Japanese importers handling Vietnamese durian as they reconsider which growing areas and factories to choose.

The shrimp-farming cooperative HTX Thanh Dat in Ca Mau province has obtained ASC Farm Standard certification from DNV. We lay out what this certification—which majors such as Aeon make a sourcing requirement—means for sourcing to Japan and the EU, and the points buyers should check at first hand.

Vietnam's seafood exports in January–August 2026 were about US$8 billion. Shrimp is still first, but the lead in growth has shifted to crab (+34%) and shellfish (+30.8%). We read the material for Japanese seafood buyers to lock in new-category Vietnamese sources while they can.

Vietnamese pangasius exports to Japan are expanding from mainly frozen fillets to seasoned and ready-to-eat processed products. Using VASEP's categories, the 2025 export value, and Kura Sushi's adoption as clues, we lay out the supply conditions Japanese buyers should grasp and the room in ready-to-eat and aging-population demand.

Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (MAE) is moving ahead with technical negotiations to open new export destinations for pomelo and passion fruit. As part of this, Japan has sent its own experts to Vietnam to supervise large-scale on-site trials of the fruit flies that attack pomelo. To settle the control method...