The first soybean research center in Vietnam

Vinasoy Soybean Research and Application Center (VSAC) will shorten the research gap and apply the world's advanced scientific achievements to soybean cultivation, production and processing in Vietnam.

VSAC, established by Vinasoy Company, is the first advanced soybean technology research center in Vietnam, operating according to international standards. The center will create a bridge between scientists, apply their research results to develop raw material areas and soybean products, thereby improving the productivity and quality of soybeans, contributing to stabilizing raw material areas as a foundation for Vinasoy's soybean production and processing activities.

Soybean varieties suitable for mechanized harvesting not only facilitate farming for farmers but also bring high economic efficiency. With the birth of VSAC, the lives of soybean farmers have also changed significantly.

VSAC will survey and evaluate the actual situation to select experimental planting areas, create high-yield, good-quality soybean varieties to meet Vinasoy's demand for diversifying soybean products. It is expected that within the next 3-5 years, the center will complete the restoration of good characteristics of local soybean varieties, moving towards introducing new soybean varieties suitable for Vietnam's growing conditions. In the future, Vinasoy will continue to complete synchronous solutions in raw material areas, organize purchasing, post-harvest processing, and product consumption for farmers so that the company has a stable source of raw materials as well as farmers have better income.

Based on market demand, Vinasoy through VSAC will research and develop soy products with breakthrough nutritional formulas, organize seminars and conferences to update information and seek ideas for product development aimed at community health.

According to Professor Henry Nguyen, Director of NCSB, the current productivity of soybean farms in Missouri is quite high, from 3-5 tons per hectare, in some places it can reach 11 tons for non-GMO soybeans... "VSAC will help Vietnamese farmers access high-yield soybean varieties that adapt well to local natural conditions, are drought-resistant, flood-resistant, and have improved protein, but still retain the unique flavor of the Dak Nong region," Professor Henry Nguyen commented.

VSAC is also expected to contribute to increasing the value of Vietnamese soybeans, improving the level of mechanization and improving the lives of soybean farmers. This strategy also helps Vinasoy proactively source delicious ingredients to meet the increasingly diverse needs of consumers.

According to data from the General Statistics Office, the output and area of ​​soybean cultivation have been on a sharp downward trend in the past 3 years. In 2010, the country had 175,000 hectares of soybeans planted for about 300,000 tons. By 2012, the output was only about 175,000 tons on 125,000 hectares. Vietnam is importing soybeans in large quantities, about 1.2 million tons a year. While this is a necessary crop in crop rotation, it can grow, enrich, and at the same time have the premise for development in a country where agriculture plays a key role like Vietnam.

Mr. Ngo Van Tu, CEO of Vinasoy - a company that accounts for 78% of the domestic market share of paper-packaged soy milk, said that with many years of production experience, the company has found that soybeans from the Dak Nong raw material area have a distinctive delicious flavor. Therefore, despite many difficulties in organizing large-scale purchases, Vinasoy still prioritizes choosing domestic raw material areas to ensure the flavor and freshness of the product by reducing the time of preserving and transporting raw soybeans.

"While the demand for raw materials is increasing, the area for growing soybeans is shrinking. Farmers are giving up growing soybeans because of low productivity and uncertain income," said Mr. Tu.

Soybean varieties suitable for mechanized harvesting not only facilitate farming for farmers but also bring high economic efficiency.

In addition to the low productivity problem, current soybean varieties have many other limitations such as lack of specialized varieties, and no varieties that meet the mechanization process. In addition, farmers cultivate intensively on a limited area, with rudimentary cultivation and harvesting techniques, and manual processing and preservation, so economic efficiency and product quality are not guaranteed. To support farmers, since 2011, Vinasoy has regularly organized field conferences to provide and exchange farming experiences and new techniques, and cooperate with domestic and foreign research centers to produce new technological solutions.

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