According to Cambodian media, the Ratanakiri Provincial Information Bureau recently issued a notice announcing the approval of 17 foreign-funded enterprises to obtain economic land concessions (ELC) in the province, covering agricultural planting, agro-industrial integration and beef cattle breeding. Among foreign companies that have obtained economic land concessions, Vietnamese companies dominate, followed by Chinese and Indian companies. In addition, 10 local companies have also obtained land investment with a total area of 146,366 hectares.
THACO AGRI, a subsidiary of Vietnam’s Truong Hai Group Corporation (THACO), operates fruit farms and cattle ranches on over 33,000 ha in Kratie and Ratanakiri provinces.
- Phnom Penh Post
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17 February 2025
In April 2024, ENI said to Quang Tri authorities that it sought suitable areas in the province to plant trees, in order to generate feedstock for its bio refinery factory in Italy.
- The Investor
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30 January 2025
The world's leading private equity fund has just invested in Hasfarm Holdings, a flower export giant in Da Lat, Vietnam, marking a new step in the investment trend in the agricultural and food technology sector in Vietnam.
- VietnamBiz
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14 January 2025
Por primera vez se realiza un proceso de entrega de tierras cubanas (5.000 hectáreas) a una empresa extranjera, para que se encargue de su explotación.
HAGL, a major Vietnamese agriculture firm, has doubled its durian farming area to 2,000 hectares and expanded its banana farming area by 40% to 7,000 hectares in the past two years.
- VN Express
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19 December 2024
The country’s improved railway connectivity facilitates fruit exports to China but has also sparked a boom in foreign-owned banana and durian farms, leading to deforestation.
- Mekong Eye
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16 December 2024
Japan's Sojitz is collaborating with Vinamilk and Vilico to invest in a 10,000 cattle farm and beef processing and distribution facilities.
- Viet Nam News
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03 December 2024
SALIC aspires to expand co-operation and investment in the Vietnamese market, especially in the production, processing and export of rice, along with animal feed, poultry, livestock and aquaculture.
Vietnam Rubber Group plans to invest in large-scale and high-value agriculture until the end of 2030, covering an area of 36,227ha, including 5,000ha dedicated to banana cultivation.
The Luapula Council of Chiefs has joined other stakeholders in rejecting the proposed US$72 billion Vietnamese rice investment project spearheaded by VietZam Development Corporation Limited that is said to involve 6 million hectares of land.
- Zambia Monitor
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28 June 2024
The Vietnamese conglomerate’s regional expansion will include 11,600 hectares dedicated to intensive banana production across the four new farms, two of which will be in Cambodia.
- Khmer Times
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25 April 2024