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The Vietnamese Bau May cooperative that splits pepper into six forms: what can Japanese raw-material sourcing use?
On September 24, 2026, the Vietnamese daily Nhan Dan featured the pepper-growing area of Hoa Hiep village, Ho Chi Minh City. The protagonist is the "Bau May Agriculture, Trade and Tourism Cooperative" (Hop tac xa Nong nghiep - Thuong mai - Du lich Bau May), which stopped shipping black pepper as raw material in sacks and, mil... -
A twenty-something who took over the family fish-sauce business with 240 jars: Vietnamese aging aims at Japan
A twenty-something in Thanh Hoa province came ashore and revived, through D2C, a fish sauce aged 2–4 years in 240 ceramic jars. We examine its implications for Japanese seasoning and OEM sourcing. -
Cao Bang Province's Glass Noodles Head to the US: The Frontier Sales Channel Opened by Tan Viet A's Four-Star Product
In Cao Bang, a mountainous province in the far north of Vietnam, the glass noodles "Mien Dong" made by the Tan Viet A cooperative are on US shelves. This product, which first shipped 4 tonnes in January 2025, is the first Cao Bang OCOP-certified item to reach the US market. Having expanded its raw-material sourcing across Southeast Asia... -
Two Lam Dong women quit legal careers to make cacao: after South Korea, now toward exports to Japan
In Cat Tien 2 commune (Xa Cat Tien 2), Lam Dong province, the cacao-manufacturing company Ban Ca cao, run by two women born in 1993, has, after exporting to South Korea, begun the procedures to export to Japan. A small OCOP three-star maker that finishes chocolate bars and pure cacao powder in-house, with 2.5 tonnes a week... -
Growing the forest wild vegetable rau nhip in the understory of a cashew field: side income in Dong Nai
In Tho Son commune, Bu Dang district, Dong Nai province in southern Vietnam, M'nong farmers are planting the wild vegetable "rau nhip," which until now was only gathered in the forest, beneath cashew (dieu) and coffee trees, turning it into side income. The farmer Dieu Thi Glung... -
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. -
Da Nang's 477 OCOP products go to Grab: the day a ride-hailing app becomes a shelf for local specialties
Da Nang City has begun selling 477 OCOP-certified products on Grab's GrabMart and GrabFood. The national treasure Ngoc Linh ginseng has also joined, making the ride-hailing app a new sales channel for regional specialties. We compare it with Japan's roadside stations and farm-direct e-commerce and interpret it from a produce buyer's perspective. -
22 buffalo-breeding households join forces: Bac Quang's bet on a buffalo-meat brand
In Bac Quang commune, Tuyen Quang province, in northern Vietnam, 22 farming households engaged in buffalo breeding have set up a dedicated organization. On August 11, an inaugural ceremony was held at the cultural hall of Thanh Son hamlet, and the organization was named the "Occupational Farmers' Branch for Buffalo Breeding (Chi hoi Nong dan nghe nghiep chan nuoi... -
A university-educated Tai woman returns home to build a Lai Chau honey cooperative with nine villagers
In the mountains of Lai Chau province in northwestern Vietnam, a woman who returned to her hometown instead of moving to the city runs a beekeeping cooperative. Lo Thanh Xuan (born 1994), a Tai woman living in Ban Khoang, Muong Than village, came back to the village holding a university degree in rural development... -
A man who self-taught the cultivation of an over-harvested medicinal herb and grew it into a 40-hectare contract-farming area
On Hon Heo mountain in Khanh Hoa province in south-central Vietnam, a farmer self-taught the artificial cultivation of "xao tam phan," a native medicinal plant that had once nearly been harvested to extinction, and built it up into a growing area of more than 40 hectares of contract cultivation. The central figure is the head of Ba Ninh Company, and the province's medicinal plant...
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