{"id":993,"date":"2026-04-13T19:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T10:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vietnam-agri.com\/region\/soc-trang\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T01:39:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T16:39:37","slug":"soc-trang","status":"publish","type":"region","link":"https:\/\/vietnam-agri.com\/en\/region\/soc-trang\/","title":{"rendered":"Soc Trang Province"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=T%E1%BB%89nh%20S%C3%B3c%20Tr%C4%83ng%2C%20Vi%E1%BB%87t%20Nam&amp;t=&amp;z=9&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;iwloc=&amp;output=embed\" width=\"100%\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:0;border-radius:12px;max-width:100%;display:block;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<table class=\"region-info\" style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-bottom:2em;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"padding:10px 14px;border-bottom:1px solid #e5e7eb;text-align:left;width:180px;background:#f9fafb;font-weight:600;white-space:nowrap;\">Vietnamese name<\/th>\n<td style=\"padding:10px 14px;border-bottom:1px solid #e5e7eb;text-align:left;\">S\u00f3c Tr\u0103ng<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"padding:10px 14px;border-bottom:1px solid #e5e7eb;text-align:left;width:180px;background:#f9fafb;font-weight:600;white-space:nowrap;\">Area<\/th>\n<td style=\"padding:10px 14px;border-bottom:1px solid #e5e7eb;text-align:left;\">3,313 km\u00b2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"padding:10px 14px;border-bottom:1px solid #e5e7eb;text-align:left;width:180px;background:#f9fafb;font-weight:600;white-space:nowrap;\">Population<\/th>\n<td style=\"padding:10px 14px;border-bottom:1px solid #e5e7eb;text-align:left;\">about 1.3 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"padding:10px 14px;border-bottom:1px solid #e5e7eb;text-align:left;width:180px;background:#f9fafb;font-weight:600;white-space:nowrap;\">Provincial capital \/ central city<\/th>\n<td style=\"padding:10px 14px;border-bottom:1px solid #e5e7eb;text-align:left;\">Soc Trang City<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"padding:10px 14px;border-bottom:1px solid #e5e7eb;text-align:left;width:180px;background:#f9fafb;font-weight:600;white-space:nowrap;\">Climate<\/th>\n<td style=\"padding:10px 14px;border-bottom:1px solid #e5e7eb;text-align:left;\">Tropical monsoon climate. The coastal areas are affected by saltwater intrusion.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Overview<\/h2>\n<p>Soc Trang is the birthplace of ST25, chosen as the \"world's best rice.\" Developed in this province by the agronomist Ho Quang Cua, ST25 won the top prize at the 2019 World's Best Rice Contest, dramatically improving the image of Vietnamese rice. It is also a multicultural province where many Khmer people live.<\/p>\n<h2>Features of agriculture<\/h2>\n<p>The province is known nationwide as a producer of high-quality rice led by ST25. Annual rice output is about 2 million tonnes. Shrimp farming thrives along the coast, and a \"shrimp-and-rice\" rotation system that turns the saltwater-affected areas to advantage is drawing attention. This system\u2014farming shrimp in the dry season and growing rice in the rainy season\u2014is internationally recognized as a successful example of climate change adaptation.<\/p>\n<h2>Main agricultural products<\/h2>\n<p>Rice (ST25 and other high-quality varieties, about 2 million tonnes\/year), shrimp (whiteleg and black tiger), longan, onion, garlic<\/p>\n<h2>Related Articles<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vietnam-agri.com\/en\/vietnam-agri\/shrimp-aquaculture-ranking\/\">Ranking comparison of the world's shrimp-farming countries<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vietnam-agri.com\/en\/vietnam-agri\/vietnam-export-ranking\/\">Top 10 ranking of Vietnam's agricultural export value<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vietnam-agri.com\/en\/vietnam-agri\/vietnam-fruit-season\/\">Complete guide to the seasonal calendar of Vietnamese fruit<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vietnam-agri.com\/en\/vietnam-agri\/vietnam-gap-certification\/\">The Complete Guide to Vietnam's Farm-Produce Quality-Control Standards<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Reference information and source links<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ja.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%E3%82%BD%E3%82%AF%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E7%9C%81\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia (Japanese) - Soc Trang Province<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gso.gov.vn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mard.gov.vn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vietnam Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrcmekong.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mekong River Commission (MRC)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fao.org\/fishery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FAO Fisheries Division<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irri.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[1,14,90,93,86,22],"tags":[12,160,6,203,11,30],"crop_category":[267],"harvest_season":[257],"class_list":["post-993","region","type-region","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vietnam-agri","category-mekong-delta","category-aquaculture","category-region-info","category-grains-rice","category-export","tag-shrimp","tag-soc-trang","tag-vietnam","tag-climate-change","tag-rice","tag-export","crop_category-region-area","harvest_season-year-round"],"acf":{"region_name_vi":"S\u00f3c Tr\u0103ng","region_population":1300000,"region_climate":"\u71b1\u5e2f\u30e2\u30f3\u30b9\u30fc\u30f3\u6c17\u5019\u3002\u6cbf\u5cb8\u90e8\u306f\u5869\u6c34\u4fb5\u5165\u306e\u5f71\u97ff\u3002ST25\u7c73\u306e\u767a\u7965\u5730\u3002"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vietnam-agri.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region\/993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vietnam-agri.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vietnam-agri.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/region"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vietnam-agri.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vietnam-agri.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vietnam-agri.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=993"},{"taxonomy":"crop_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vietnam-agri.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/crop_category?post=993"},{"taxonomy":"harvest_season","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vietnam-agri.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/harvest_season?post=993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}