{"id":998,"date":"2026-04-13T19:05:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T10:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vietnam-agri.com\/region\/kien-giang\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T01:39:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T16:39:31","slug":"kien-giang","status":"publish","type":"region","link":"https:\/\/vietnam-agri.com\/en\/region\/kien-giang\/","title":{"rendered":"Kien Giang Province"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=T%E1%BB%89nh%20Ki%C3%AAn%20Giang%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;\">Kien Giang<\/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;\">6,346 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 1.8 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;\">Rach Gia 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. Abundant rainfall. Phu Quoc Island has a resort climate.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Overview<\/h2>\n<p>Kien Giang Province is a vast province facing Cambodia and the Gulf of Thailand, home to the world-class resort island of Phu Quoc. Phu Quoc pepper is a representative high-quality Vietnamese pepper brand that has obtained GI registration. Phu Quoc fish sauce (Nuoc mam Phu Quoc) is also famous as the world's first Vietnamese GI-registered item.<\/p>\n<p>Rice output is also among the highest in the Mekong Delta, producing about 4 million tonnes a year.<\/p>\n<h2>Features of agriculture<\/h2>\n<p>Rice cultivation is the foundation of Kien Giang Province's agriculture, with a cultivation area of about 380,000 hectares, the largest in the Mekong Delta. On Phu Quoc Island, pepper cultivation (about 500 ha) and fish-sauce production continue as traditional industries. In coastal and island areas, fisheries (fishing and aquaculture) are also very important.<\/p>\n<h2>Main agricultural products<\/h2>\n<p>Rice (about 380,000 ha, the largest in the Mekong Delta), Phu Quoc pepper (GI-registered), Phu Quoc fish sauce (GI-registered), shrimp farming, seafood (squid, crab)<\/p>\n<h2>Related Articles<\/h2>\n<ul>\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%AD%E3%82%A8%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B6%E3%83%B3%E7%9C%81\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia (Japanese) - Kien Giang 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.irri.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[1,14,93,86,88],"tags":[12,6,11,38],"crop_category":[267],"harvest_season":[257],"class_list":["post-998","region","type-region","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vietnam-agri","category-mekong-delta","category-region-info","category-grains-rice","category-spices","tag-shrimp","tag-vietnam","tag-rice","tag-pepper","crop_category-region-area","harvest_season-year-round"],"acf":{"region_name_vi":"Ki\u00ean Giang","region_population":1800000,"region_climate":"\u71b1\u5e2f\u30e2\u30f3\u30b9\u30fc\u30f3\u6c17\u5019\u3002\u96e8\u91cf\u8c4a\u5bcc\u3002\u30d5\u30fc\u30b3\u30c3\u30af\u5cf6\u306f\u30ea\u30be\u30fc\u30c8\u6c17\u5019\u3002"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vietnam-agri.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region\/998","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=998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vietnam-agri.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vietnam-agri.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=998"},{"taxonomy":"crop_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vietnam-agri.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/crop_category?post=998"},{"taxonomy":"harvest_season","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vietnam-agri.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/harvest_season?post=998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}