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In Quynh Anh, Nghe An province in north-central Vietnam, a shrimp farmer who laid about 5 km of seawater pipeline at his own expense 15 years ago was featured. Hoang Xuan Tin, head of the Loc Thuy Aquaculture Cooperative (HTX Nuoi trong thuy san Loc Thuy)...

The Hoa Le cooperative delivered about 400 kg of white-flesh dragon fruit to Vietnam Airlines' domestic routes for the first time. The basis the cooperative uses for in-flight supply was test results meeting export standards for markets such as Japan, Australia, and South Korea. We lay this out together with a supply scale said to reach 5,000 tonnes a year.

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%...

Across the Con Chinh area of Yen Binh district, Thanh Hoa province, paddy fields and sugarcane fields are being replaced by fields of the edible flower "night-blooming flower" (Vietnamese name hoa thien ly, Tonkin jasmine). According to a report carried by the local agricultural journal Nong nghiep Moi truong on July 28, 2026, in Con Chinh village about 30 ha...

Le Van Sau, a durian farmer in Can Tho in the Mekong Delta, has shared his cultivation know-how with neighbors free of charge and formed a "billionaire farmers club" with more than 20 members. We unpack this growing-area formation, which chose shared prosperity in a world where monopolizing technology is the norm, from the perspective of Japanese sourcing and growing-area branding.

Major Vietnamese retailers such as Saigon Co.op and Central Retail are stepping up moves to source VietGAP- and OCOP-certified local produce directly from cooperatives and small-scale farmers. Their incorporation into modern distribution is getting into full swing.

Lam Dong province, a major agricultural province in the southern Central Highlands of Vietnam, put into effect an ordinance supporting the acquisition of VietGAP, organic, and other GAP standards, dated March 10, 2026. Over the five years from 2026 to 2030, it subsidizes soil, water, and sample analysis costs up to 15 million dong per organization, and certification costs up to 45 million dong per organization...

Vietnam's dragon fruit exports have entered a diversification phase, away from sole dependence on China toward the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Total export value in January–February 2026 was US$108.5 million (about 16.28 billion yen at 150 yen to 1 USD), up 14% year on year. Of this, exports to Thailand were US$9.2 million (2.7 times the previous year) and to the UAE US$3.3 million...

Green-skin pomelo (buoi da xanh) from the Mekong Delta in southern Vietnam was officially approved for export to the US by a USDA Federal Register notice in October 2022, becoming the seventh Vietnamese fresh fruit approved for US export, after dragon fruit, rambutan, longan, lychee, star apple, and mango...

Bach Hoa Xanh, a grocery supermarket under Mobile World Investment Corporation (MWG), Vietnam's largest electronics retailer, opened its first store in April 2026 in Yen Tang village, Da Phuc commune on the outskirts of Hanoi (an area on Hanoi's fringe bordering Bac Ninh province). The northern capital...