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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.

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.

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.

In the Arabica category of the Vietnam Amazing Cup 2026, Bien Ho Company (TAMBA) of Gia Lai province won with 85.3 points. Edging out the Da Lat contenders by 0.05 points, a family farm built by a father and son over 30 years across 200 hectares has redrawn the map of producing regions.

Overview: Cassava is an important industrial raw-material crop in Vietnam, with annual production of about 11 million tonnes. It is used as a raw material for tapioca starch, bioethanol, and animal feed. Vietnam is the world's sixth-largest cassava producer and ranks second in the world (after Thailand) in tapioca-starch exports...

Overview: Vietnam's cacao industry is relatively new, with full-scale cultivation beginning in the 2000s. Annual output is small, at about 3,000 to 5,000 tonnes of cacao beans, but it is internationally recognized as high-quality fine-flavor cacao. The 'bean-to-bar' chocolate boom has...

Overview: Vietnam is the world's seventh-largest tea producer, with annual production of about 180,000 tonnes of dried tea leaves. A variety of teas are produced—green tea, black tea, oolong, and lotus-flower tea—across a cultivated area of about 130,000 hectares. The history of Vietnamese tea goes back more than 1,000 years, and the northern mountain areas in particular have centuries-old tea...

Overview: Star anise is a specialty of northern Vietnam, which is the world's second-largest producer after China. Annual production is about 20,000–30,000 tonnes, and it is characterized by the strong, sweet aroma from its distinctive star-shaped fruit. Besides being a culinary spice, it is a source of shikimic acid, the raw material for the influenza drug Tamiflu...

Overview: Vietnam is the world's third-largest producer of cinnamon (cassia), with an annual output of about 40,000 tonnes of bark and about 20,000 tonnes of essential oil. Vietnamese cinnamon is known for its strong aroma and high essential-oil content, and is used worldwide as a raw material for spices, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics. The cultivation area is about 1...