Green CT starts Can Tho rice-processing project with biomass supply plans
Construction has begun on a Can Tho project intended to link rice processing with rice-husk fuel supply. Operating output and deliveries remain ahead.
Green CT began construction of a rice-processing and biomass-fuel supply project in Can Tho on the afternoon of 3 October, linking a planned Vietnamese milling network with demand for rice husks from Japanese energy company EREX. The milestone marks the start of construction, with rice production and fuel deliveries from the new facilities still ahead.
The company envisages five rice-processing plants across the Mekong Delta: three in Can Tho and one each in An Giang and Vinh Long. The Can Tho groundbreaking is the first construction milestone in that wider plan; it does not establish that all five plants are being built or have secured the same delivery timetable.
Green CT's proposed chain connects paddy purchasing and processing for export with the recovery of rice husks for biomass fuel. Husks from its mills are intended for EREX's Hau Giang biomass power plant. That would give a processing by-product a separate industrial customer alongside the market for finished rice. The reports describe the intended supply relationship, without providing an executed offtake contract or a start date for deliveries from this project.
Supply coordination will determine the next steps
The company has reportedly established links with 20 cooperatives across Can Tho, Vinh Long, An Giang and Ca Mau. Its stated approach puts the growing area and relationships with farmers at the centre of the processing network. Those links are relevant to future sourcing, but do not by themselves establish the volume or terms of committed supply.
At the groundbreaking, Can Tho official Le Cong Ly urged processors, fuel suppliers and EREX to coordinate quality requirements, storage, transport and seasonal inventories so fuel could be supplied throughout the year. He also called for transparent purchasing and payment arrangements with farmers, alongside safe construction and preparation for operations.
For rice-processing equipment suppliers and biomass logistics operators, the construction start identifies a project to assess for potential work. Confirmed procurement specifications, construction schedules and delivery terms remain the practical next checks. The evidence establishes an investment milestone and a planned connection between milling and energy; it does not yet demonstrate new operating output, completed fuel deliveries or measured emissions reductions.
Source: As reported across multiple media outlets.
