Vietnam: Hi-tech farms offer a vision of the future

Many hi-tech agricultural projects have been launched across Vietnam, most involving technology transfer from more advanced economies looking to tap demand generated by higher living standards.

A notable one among these is implemented by VinEco Agricultural Investment, Development and Productions LLC. (VinEco), a member of Vingroup Joint Stock Company (Vingroup). It is the current supplier for Vingroup’s retail chain Vinmart and its outlets, stocking their shelves every day with a variety of fresh produce.

Since early 2015, the company has been at the frontline of Vietnam’s hi-tech, large-scale, certified agricultural production, with focus on clean, standardised crops using technology from Israel, Japan and other developed countries. They now operate a total of 14 farms in different regions in the country, five of them in the Northern provinces.

Lại Đức Lưu, Production Manager at VinEco Tam Đảo Farm in Vĩnh Phúc Province, spoke to Việt Nam News about the positive effects that hi-tech farming had on agricultural production and marketing in the country, and how consumers responded.

Read more at Viet Nam News (Phương Uyên)