Tour Guides in Vietnam: Practice Cards and Conditions
A Korean group touring Hoi An was led by an unlicensed “guide” — when an incident occurred (a pickpocketed traveler), the travel firm could not prove its guide…
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Travel Business Deposits: Levels, Payment, and Withdrawal
An HCMC travel firm faced customer complaints over canceled tours without refunds. Regulators drew on the firm’s deposit to compensate travelers — exactly the deposit’s function: the industry’s…
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Travel Business Licenses (International, Domestic): Conditions, Deposits, Procedures
A Hanoi company ran Thailand tours for Vietnamese travelers for two years without an international travel license. When a dispute erupted — travelers stranded at Bangkok airport after…
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The Complete Legal Map for Tourism and Hotel Investors in Vietnam 2026
A Singapore investor plans a 200-room Phu Quoc resort: which licenses, how many years of land lease, any tax incentives, and what if adding a travel agency? Tourism…
Read article ↗Post-Harvest Preservation: Silos, Cold Storage, and the Fight Against 20% Losses
Vietnam loses 10–20% of farm output post-harvest — rice molding in makeshift stores, produce spoiling in transit, seafood degrading for lack of cold. Meanwhile an An Giang firm…
Read article ↗Seeding Drones: Flight Technology and Agricultural Flight Permits
A Dong Thap cooperative hires drone seeding for rice: 10 ha sown in 2 hours, more even than hand sowing, 30% seed saved. But the cooperative head did…
Read article ↗Organic Microbial Fertilizer: Production, Quality Declaration, and Spotting Fakes
A Tay Ninh fertilizer dealer sells “organic microbial fertilizer” 40% below market. Farmers apply it; crops do not improve and roots die — testing shows 3% organic matter…
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High-Tech Mushroom Cultivation: Climate-Controlled Houses, Standard Spawn, Stable Off-Take
A 1,000 m² mushroom house in Lam Dong harvests oyster mushrooms year-round, 500 kg daily, under supermarket off-take contracts. The secret is not “good soil” — mushrooms grow…
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High-Tech Beekeeping: From Traditional Hives to Apiary 4.0
A 500-hive apiary in Dak Lak installs sensors tracking temperature and humidity per hive, with software forecasting honey-harvest timing. Yields rise 40% — and more importantly the honey…
Read article ↗Formal vs Informal Exports to China: Which Route Is Sustainable?
Every year Tan Thanh border gate jams with thousands of dragon-fruit trucks when China tightens checks: formal-channel trucks with full papers clear in a day; informal-channel trucks wait…
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