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Bac Ninh distribution centre marks its first year: delivery to northern Vietnam now within 24 hours

gioithieucongty09.mauwebdep.com.vn — Sat, 24 Oct 2026 14:28:11 +0000

In October 2026, Thalvora Foods' Bac Ninh distribution centre completed its first full year of operations. It is the company's sixth facility and its first in the Red River Delta, built to bring products from our southern factories and growing regions to consumers in the north faster, fresher and at a more sensible cost.

The first year in numbers

The centre has 32,000 m² of floor space, including chilled storage at 2–6°C for fresh vegetables, ambient storage for dried fruit, nuts and seasonings, and a dedicated beverage marshalling area. In its first 12 months, the centre:

Received and dispatched more than 41,000 tonnes of goods, equivalent to around 9,600 truckloads;
Directly served 38,000 outlets across 25 northern provinces and cities, from large supermarket chains to convenience stores and restaurants;
Cut average delivery lead time from 72 hours to 24 hours for central Hanoi and neighbouring provinces;
Reduced shrinkage by 18% for baby vegetables and hydroponic lettuce thanks to an unbroken cold chain.

A cold chain from Duc Trong to the north

Thalvora Farm vegetables are harvested at dawn in Duc Trong and Cau Dat, trimmed, rapidly cooled and loaded onto refrigerated trucks the same day. The entire journey of almost 1,500 km is temperature-monitored, and every crate carries a QR code linked to its harvest lot, so warehouse staff can check origin and shelf life in seconds.

In Bac Ninh, goods are sorted by delivery route and dispatched on a first-expiry, first-out basis. The warehouse management system shares live stock levels with the sales team, so outlets can order before 4 pm and receive their delivery the following morning.

The team on the ground

The centre employs 210 people, most of them hired locally and trained in cold-store operations, food safety and occupational safety. The centre recorded no lost-time safety incidents during its first year.

What our outlets tell us

A survey of 1,200 outlets conducted in September 2026 found that 87% rated on-time delivery as better than before the centre opened. Convenience stores can now order smaller quantities more often, which reduces out-of-date stock on the shelf. For HORECA customers, baby vegetables and hydroponic lettuce arrive before 7 am, in time for restaurant kitchens to prepare for the lunch service.

Bac Ninh is more than a warehouse. It is our promise that a bunch of greens picked in Da Lat in the morning can reach a family kitchen in Hanoi the next morning, still as fresh as the day it was harvested. — Mr Le Minh Tri, Chief Executive Officer, Thalvora Foods

What comes next

In 2027, Thalvora plans to install a 1.2 MWp rooftop solar system at the centre, add a further 4,000 m² of chilled storage and trial electric trucks on urban delivery routes. The company will also add convenience products such as instant brown rice porridge and pre-cut soup vegetable kits to the range distributed directly from Bac Ninh.

Retail partners and regional distributors in the north who are interested in working with us can contact our hotline on 1900 14xx or email info@xxxxx.vn.

Thalvora unveils oat cereal with dried fruit, due on shelves in the first quarter of 2027

gioithieucongty09.mauwebdep.com.vn — Sat, 24 Oct 2026 14:28:11 +0000

Thalvora Foods has introduced a new product to its distribution partners: Oat Cereal with Dried Fruit, extending a nuts and cereals category that currently includes roasted salted cashews. The product is due for launch and is expected to reach modern retail and e-commerce channels from the first quarter of 2027.

From dried fruit to an easy breakfast

The idea came from the Tien Giang dried fruit plant itself. When dried mango and jackfruit are cut and graded, a share of the pieces is too small for retail packs, even though the quality is exactly the same. Rather than selling these pieces on to the animal feed industry, our research and development team began blending them with oats to create a convenient breakfast for busy families.

After 18 months, more than 40 recipe trials and three rounds of sensory testing with 600 consumers in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, the final recipe contains:

Rolled oats, making up 62% of the weight;
Soft dried mango, vacuum-fried crispy jackfruit and dried passion fruit from our Dong Thap and Tien Giang growing areas;
Diced cashews and a small amount of coconut nectar for natural sweetness;
No added refined sugar, no preservatives and no artificial flavourings.

Made to international standards

The cereal is produced on a new blending line at the Tien Giang plant, in an area certified to FSSC 22000 and HACCP. Every lot of fruit can be traced back to the orchard through the QR code printed on the pack, in line with the commitment Thalvora has kept since 2021 that 100% of its growing areas are QR-traceable.

We wanted a product whose ingredient list a parent can read in ten seconds and fully understand. Everything in the box comes from growing areas our own team has walked. — Ms Pham Thu Ha, Director of Quality and Food Safety

Packaging and pack sizes

The cereal comes in two formats: a 400 g carton with a resealable inner bag, and a 40 g single-serve sachet for office and HORECA customers. The carton uses paper from responsibly managed plantation forests, and the inner bag is a recyclable mono-material film.

Less waste at the plant

Using the smaller fruit pieces is expected to save the Tien Giang plant around 140 tonnes a year of by-products that would otherwise be sold at low value. It is part of a wider goal, pursued across all three of our factories, to turn a higher share of raw materials into consumer products. Once volumes stabilise, the new blending line will create around 45 jobs for local workers, mainly in packing and quality control.

Launch timeline

In the fourth quarter of 2026, Thalvora will complete product registration and run a commercial trial in selected stores. Wider distribution is planned from the first quarter of 2027 through our network of 160,000 outlets, after which the company will consider exports to markets that already buy its dried fruit.

Partners interested in the product can request samples by emailing info@xxxxx.vn.

Five years of regenerative farming: healthier soil and 22% lower fertiliser costs for farmers

gioithieucongty09.mauwebdep.com.vn — Sat, 24 Oct 2026 14:28:11 +0000

In 2021, Thalvora Foods launched a regenerative farming programme to restore soil health in growing areas that had been farmed intensively for many years. After five seasons, the company has published its first assessment report, carried out with an independent team of agronomists across 1,850 ha in Cau Dat, Duc Trong and Dong Thap.

What changed in the fields

Rather than imposing a single model, the programme built a set of practices suited to each crop and each type of land. Participating households adopt at least four of the following six practices:

Covering the soil with legumes or crop residues between seasons;
Rotating leafy greens with root vegetables to break pest cycles;
Composting on site using trimmings from the Duc Trong processing plant;
Drip irrigation with soil moisture sensors;
Reduced deep tillage to protect soil structure;
Shade trees and windbreaks in Arabica coffee plots.

Results after five seasons

Compared with a control group farming conventionally in the same areas, participating plots recorded:

Average soil organic matter rising from 2.1% to 2.9%;
27% less irrigation water, thanks to better moisture retention and drip systems;
A 22% reduction in chemical fertiliser costs and a 31% reduction in crop protection costs;
Stable yields, varying by no more than 5% from pre-conversion levels.

What matters most to farmers is that incomes have become less volatile. In the 2025 rainy season, when many temperate vegetable areas were waterlogged, plots with ground cover and drainage channels laid out under the programme suffered noticeably lower losses.

Soil is a farmer's most valuable asset, and Thalvora's too. We cannot talk about long-term growth if the land grows a little poorer every year. — Mr Tran Duc Hung, Director of Agriculture and Sourcing

How Thalvora supports farmers

Participating households receive on-farm guidance from our agronomists, a contribution towards the cost of irrigation equipment and compost from our plant at a preferential price. Thalvora guarantees to buy their produce at a floor price agreed at the start of each season, with a bonus for lots that meet VietGAP or GlobalG.A.P. standards.

Ms Le Thi Thu, a vegetable grower in Hiep Thanh commune, Duc Trong, who joined in the first season, says the second year was the hardest because the family had to get used to new ways of working. From the third year, however, input costs fell noticeably and the soil became much looser. Her family has now converted all 1.2 ha to the programme's practices, and she mentors new participants in her village.

Targets for 2030

The company aims to extend the programme to 6,000 ha, close to half of its 12,500 ha of contracted growing areas, and to publish assessment data every year. The full report is available to partners and interested organisations on request at info@xxxxx.vn.

Binh Duong beverage plant achieves BRCGS grade AA and completes energy-efficiency upgrade

gioithieucongty09.mauwebdep.com.vn — Sat, 24 Oct 2026 14:28:11 +0000

Thalvora Foods' Binh Duong beverage plant has been awarded grade AA under the BRCGS Global Standard for Food Safety by an independent certification body, the highest grade available for an unannounced audit. At the same time, the plant has completed a 14-month energy upgrade, an important milestone for the facility that produces our pure passion fruit juice and bottled fresh coconut water.

An unannounced audit

Unlike a scheduled audit, the auditor arrived at the gate without notice and examined every part of the operation over two consecutive days, from fruit intake and the aseptic filling room to the microbiology laboratory and the finished goods warehouse. The plant recorded no major non-conformities and only two minor improvement points, both closed within 28 days.

The certification adds to the systems already in place at the plant, including ISO 22000:2018, HACCP and FSSC 22000. For importers in Europe and Australia, BRCGS is often a requirement when selecting a supplier of bottled beverages.

A certificate is only worth something if it reflects what happens on the night shift of an ordinary day. That is why we chose an unannounced audit. — Ms Pham Thu Ha, Director of Quality and Food Safety

The energy-efficiency project

Alongside the quality work, the manufacturing team delivered four upgrades while the plant continued to run as normal:

A 1.8 MWp rooftop solar system, covering around 24% of daytime electricity demand;
Heat recovery from the pasteurisation line to pre-heat bottle-washing water;
Replacement of all older air compressors with variable-speed units, backed by a monthly compressed-air leak survey;
LED lighting with occupancy sensors throughout the production halls and warehouses.

As a result, electricity use per litre of product fell by 16% and water use per litre by 11% compared with 2024. The plant's Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions are estimated to fall by around 2,100 tonnes of CO2 equivalent a year.

People make the difference

The plant employs 520 people across three shifts. In 2026, each employee received an average of 32 hours of training in food safety, personal hygiene and standard operating procedures. Improvement teams on every line put forward 146 ideas, 61 of which have been implemented, mostly aimed at shortening changeover times and reducing packaging losses.

Most of the best improvements come from the people who run the machines. Our job is to listen and give them time to try things out. — Mr Vo Quang Huy, Director of Manufacturing

Next steps

In 2027, the plant will add a filling line for recycled PET bottles and aims to use at least 30% recycled plastic in its beverage packaging. Lessons from Binh Duong will also be rolled out to the Duc Trong vegetable plant and the Tien Giang dried fruit plant.

Partners who need information about the plant's certifications can contact info@xxxxx.vn.

First shipment of pure passion fruit juice arrives in Australia, broadening our beverage exports

gioithieucongty09.mauwebdep.com.vn — Sat, 24 Oct 2026 14:28:11 +0000

In late August 2026, six containers of Thalvora Foods' pure passion fruit juice arrived in Australia, where they are being distributed to specialty food stores and restaurants through a local importer. It is the first time a Thalvora beverage has been sold in the country, where the company has exported soft dried mango and crispy jackfruit since 2019.

From the orchards of Dong Thap

The passion fruit in the shipment was harvested in our Dong Thap fruit region, where Thalvora works with more than 1,400 growers across roughly 900 ha. Fruit is bought against minimum ripeness and Brix criteria, delivered to the Binh Duong plant within 24 hours, then pulped, flash-pasteurised and aseptically filled.

To meet Australian requirements, the product went through almost a year of preparation:

Completing food safety and labelling documentation in line with local import rules;
Testing every lot for pesticide residues at an independent laboratory;
Redesigning the bilingual label to show the growing region and a traceability QR code;
A 12-month stability study under a range of storage temperatures.

Beverages: our fastest-growing category

In the first nine months of 2026, Thalvora's beverage export revenue rose 38% year on year, the fastest growth of any category. Bottled fresh coconut water and passion fruit juice are now sold in 11 of the 28 countries we export to, mainly Japan, South Korea, the Middle East and Europe.

Customers in Australia already knew Thalvora's dried fruit, so they trusted us when we introduced our beverages. Reputation is built one consistent shipment at a time, not with a single big contract. — Ms Dang Ngoc Mai, Director of Sales and Export

What it means for growers

Export orders keep the plant running at a steady rate all year, which allows Thalvora to offer longer purchase contracts to Dong Thap farmers. From next season, growers with GlobalG.A.P.-certified orchards will receive a price bonus 8% above the standard floor price, and Thalvora will cover part of their certification audit costs in the first year.

Mr Nguyen Van Loc, who leads a passion fruit growers' cooperative group in Dong Thap, says a stable buyer is what growers value most, because open-market passion fruit prices can swing threefold within a single season.

Packaging and shipping

The juice is packed in 250 ml glass bottles for restaurants and 1-litre cartons for food stores. Each container carries a temperature logger for the roughly 18-day sea voyage, and the data is shared with the importer as soon as the shipment arrives in port.

Expansion plans

Following the first shipment, the importer has placed quarterly orders for 2027. Thalvora is also preparing to bring bottled fresh coconut water to Australia next year and is developing a passion fruit and mango blend for the HORECA channel.

Importers and international partners are welcome to contact our export team at info@xxxxx.vn.

Cau Dat farmer training season 2026: more than 1,300 farmer places on sustainable coffee and vegetable growing

gioithieucongty09.mauwebdep.com.vn — Sat, 24 Oct 2026 14:28:11 +0000

From mid-June to mid-August 2026, Thalvora Foods' Cau Dat growing region held its annual farmer training season, the largest to date. Over eight weeks, 64 classes took place in vegetable fields and coffee gardens, with more than 1,300 farmer places filled. Women accounted for 41% of participants, and nearly 300 farmers were taking part for the first time after joining our network.

Learning in the field, not in a hall

Since 2006, when Cau Dat became Thalvora's growing region for temperate vegetables and Arabica coffee, the company has chosen to train farmers on site. Each class has only 15 to 25 people and takes place on a plot belonging to one of the group's households. Our agronomists guide, farmers practise, and everyone discusses what they observe together.

This year's programme covered five main topics:

Integrated pest management: identifying natural predators, setting monitoring traps and spraying only when pest levels exceed thresholds;
Arabica coffee processing: selective picking of ripe cherries, controlled fermentation and drying on raised beds;
Water-efficient irrigation: operating and maintaining drip systems with soil moisture sensors;
Digital farm records: logging fertiliser, spraying and harvest dates on a phone so they link to each lot's QR code;
Occupational safety: using protective equipment and storing farm inputs correctly.

Digital records replace notebooks

Digital farm records drew the most interest. Farmers used to keep paper notebooks that agronomists compiled at the end of each season, a slow process in which records were easily lost. Now each household can log activities directly in an app with just a few taps, even without a mobile signal. This data underpins Thalvora's commitment that 100% of its growing areas are QR-traceable, and it allows buyers in Japan and Europe to check the cultivation history of each vegetable lot.

Cau Dat farmers have decades of experience. We are not there to teach them from scratch, but to work with them on ways of farming that cost less, are safer and earn a better price in the market. — Mr Tran Duc Hung, Director of Agriculture and Sourcing

A younger generation returns

One notable feature of this year's season was the number of young participants. Almost 180 trainees were under 30, many of whom had worked in cities before returning to take over the family farm. They picked up the digital records quickly and now help older households in their villages.

Mr Phan Minh Khoa, 27, says that after the coffee processing course his family began separating selectively picked ripe cherries and now sells them to Thalvora at a price around 15% higher than strip-picked coffee.

Results and next steps

After the season, 92% of trainees said they would apply at least one new technique next season. Thalvora agronomists will follow up on farms over the next three months and measure the impact through yield, cost and lot quality data. From 2027, the field-class model will be extended to the Dong Thap fruit region.

Farmers interested in joining our sourcing programme can call our hotline on 1900 14xx.

Thalvora upgrades its QR traceability system: consumers can follow each product from farm to shelf

gioithieucongty09.mauwebdep.com.vn — Sat, 24 Oct 2026 14:28:11 +0000

Thalvora Foods has launched the third version of its QR traceability system, covering all 420 products currently on the market. Since 2021, 100% of our contracted growing areas have carried traceability codes; this upgrade extends the data to every stage of processing, testing and distribution, and presents it in a way that is easier for consumers to read.

One scan, the whole journey

Scanning the QR code on the pack with a phone camera opens a page showing:

Growing area: the sourcing region, the farmer cooperative group and any valid VietGAP or GlobalG.A.P. certification;
Season: planting and harvest dates and the pre-harvest interval for crop protection products;
Processing: the factory, line, production shift and the site's ISO 22000:2018 or FSSC 22000 certification;
Testing: a summary of residue and microbiological test results for the lot;
Distribution: dispatch date and, for fresh produce, cold chain temperature data.

Farmers' personal details are not published; the page shows only the name of the cooperative group and the growing area.

Data recorded at source

What sets the new version apart is that data is recorded where it is created. Farmers update their cultivation records on their phones, buyers scan codes when produce is weighed at collection points, factories assign lot codes as raw materials enter the line, and the Bac Ninh distribution centre logs temperature for every truck. As a result, tracing a lot from a supermarket shelf back to the field now takes less than two minutes, rather than several hours.

Transparency is not a marketing feature. It is how we hold ourselves to doing things right at every step, because anyone can check. — Mr Le Minh Tri, Chief Executive Officer, Thalvora Foods

What it means for partners

Large supermarket chains and importers can look up lot records through a dedicated portal, with certification documents available to download. If a product ever needs to be recalled, Thalvora can identify exactly which outlets received the affected lot and notify them within one hour. In 2026, the company ran four mock recall exercises, each tracing 100% of the product within the required time.

What consumers are telling us

During a three-month trial with Thalvora Farm baby vegetables and Cau Dat Arabica coffee, the QR codes were scanned more than 260,000 times. A new feedback option on the page helps the quality team log and respond to comments faster; 70% of the feedback received consisted of questions about storage and preparation, which have since been added as short guides on the page itself.

The new version is being introduced gradually on packaging printed from July 2026. Existing packs keep their current QR codes, which now redirect automatically to the new page. For any questions about traceability information, please call 1900 14xx or email info@xxxxx.vn.

New no-added-sugar dried fruit range launches in recyclable mono-material packaging

gioithieucongty09.mauwebdep.com.vn — Sat, 24 Oct 2026 14:28:11 +0000

In early July 2026, Thalvora Foods launched its no-added-sugar dried fruit range, made up of four products: soft dried mango, vacuum-dried crispy jackfruit, soft dried banana and dried dragon fruit. The range was developed at the Tien Giang dried fruit plant, which opened in 2013 and now produces most of the company's dried fruit exports.

Sweetness from the fruit itself

Traditional dried fruit is usually soaked in sugar syrup before drying to preserve colour and texture. For the new range, our research team reworked the entire process:

Selecting only fruit with high ripeness and Brix from our Dong Thap fruit region and contracted growers in Tien Giang;
Drying at lower temperatures for longer to retain natural colour and flavour;
Vacuum-drying jackfruit and dragon fruit instead of deep-frying;
Using no preservatives and no colourings.

The result is a product whose sweetness comes entirely from the fruit's natural sugars. Colour can vary slightly from season to season, which Thalvora states clearly on the pack so consumers understand it is a natural characteristic.

Taking out the sugar means there is nowhere to hide poor raw materials. We have to choose better fruit, dry it more slowly and control moisture more tightly in every batch. — Mr Vo Quang Huy, Director of Manufacturing

Lighter packaging that is easier to recycle

The new range is Thalvora's first to use a mono-material PE pouch instead of a laminate of several plastic and aluminium layers. Thanks to a redesigned film structure, the new pack:

Uses around 30% less plastic per pouch;
Can go into standard flexible plastic recycling streams;
Still provides the moisture barrier needed for the same 12-month shelf life;
Carries sorting instructions printed on the back.

If all of the company's dried fruit moved to the new packaging, plastic use would fall by an estimated 85 tonnes a year. Thalvora aims to complete the switch in 2027, starting with products for the domestic market and then exports. Shipping cartons have also been redesigned to hold more pouches, cutting truck journeys by around 12% for the same volume.

Pack sizes and channels

Each product comes in 100 g and 250 g packs and is available in modern retail, on e-commerce platforms and at dried fruit counters in selected airports. A 30 g pack is reserved for HORECA and corporate gifting. The QR code on the pouch lets buyers see the growing area and production date of each lot.

Early response

In its first month, the range reached around 9,000 outlets nationwide. Importers in Japan and Europe have also requested samples of the no-added-sugar dried mango to evaluate for the 2027 season. The range will also supply the fruit for the oat cereal with dried fruit that the company plans to launch soon.

Distribution partners wishing to place orders can call 1900 14xx or email info@xxxxx.vn.

Hat Mam Scholarship Fund 2026 awards 520 scholarships to children of farming families

gioithieucongty09.mauwebdep.com.vn — Sat, 24 Oct 2026 14:28:11 +0000

In early June 2026, Thalvora Foods' Hat Mam (Seedling) Scholarship Fund held its twelfth annual award ceremony in Duc Trong, Lam Dong, where the company began as a 14-household vegetable cooperative in 1998. This year, the fund awarded 520 scholarships worth a total of VND 3.1 billion to pupils and students from contracted farming families in our three sourcing regions of Lam Dong, Dong Thap and Tien Giang.

Three scholarship streams

Scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic results, family circumstances and community involvement, across three streams:

School scholarships: 380 awards for pupils from grade 6 to grade 12, each worth VND 4 million plus a set of school supplies;
University scholarships: 120 awards for students in any year of study, each worth VND 12 million a year, with priority for agriculture, food technology, engineering and economics;
Reach Further scholarships: 20 full scholarships covering tuition and living costs for the whole degree for students facing particular hardship.

More than financial support

Since 2015, the fund has awarded more than 4,700 scholarships in total. In addition to financial support, university scholars are paired with a Thalvora employee as a mentor, invited to summer internships at our factories and growing regions, and given priority consideration for jobs when they graduate. Today, 86 Hat Mam alumni work at the company, many of them as agronomists, quality assurance specialists and production shift managers.

In 1998, when we started with 14 vegetable-growing households, what those families wanted most was for their children to complete their education. Hat Mam is how Thalvora keeps that promise to more than 18,000 farming households today. — Ms Nguyen Thi Hanh Dung, Chair of the Board of Directors and Founder, Thalvora Foods

Stories from our scholars

Ms Luong Thi Ngoc Bich, whose family grows passion fruit in Dong Thap, received a Hat Mam scholarship from grade 9 and then a university scholarship to study food technology. After graduating in 2023, she became a quality control specialist at the Tien Giang dried fruit plant, which processes passion fruit from her home region.

Ka Sinh, a grade 11 pupil in Lam Ha, Lam Dong, is one of this year's recipients. She hopes to study agronomy so she can help her family and village grow coffee more sustainably.

Funding and transparency

The fund is financed from the company's annual budget, voluntary contributions from employees and a share of revenue from our Cau Dat Arabica ground coffee. Recipients are selected by a panel including representatives of the company, schools and local authorities, and income and expenditure are reported every year.

Growing in 2027

Next year, the fund plans to increase to 600 scholarships and add vocational awards for young people who want to train as machine operators, industrial electricians or logistics staff, in line with recruitment needs at the Binh Duong beverage plant and the Bac Ninh distribution centre. Details of eligibility are shared with local cooperative groups and schools; any questions can be sent to info@xxxxx.vn.