A sustainable agroforestry model integrating closed-loop production-supply chain and community eco-tourism in Vietnam.
The project targets Net Zero emissions by 2050, grounded in the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals and Vietnam's COP26 commitment.
SUSTANK commits to building a sustainable future where Vietnam's resources and potential are used efficiently and responsibly, raising quality of life and protecting the environment for future generations.
SUSTANK bridges leaders, businesses and communities, jointly driving innovative sustainable solutions to make Vietnam and Southeast Asia global benchmarks for sustainable development.
Develop happy rural communities rich in local identity, spirit and national pride; nurture patriotism, protect and develop the country. Give rural communities access to advanced civilization and gender-equal lifestyles.
Ensure sustainable, inclusive and continuous economic growth — productive, decent jobs for everyone. Strengthen implementation methods and global partnerships for sustainable development.
Built on the UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Vietnamese Government's COP26 commitment to Net Zero emissions by 2050.
Ensure physical and mental health, promote wellbeing for all ages. End poverty in all forms, especially in rural areas.
End hunger and poverty, ensure food security, improve nutrition, promote sustainable agriculture.
Sustainable, resilient rural development; safe living and working environment; balanced population and labor distribution.
Sustainable production and consumption. Effective climate change and disaster response. Sustainable energy access. Forest protection, biodiversity conservation, anti-desertification, soil restoration.
"Humans live in harmony with nature in a new way: applying high tech within natural cycles. We do not deplete, do not violate — we respect and rely on nature, using high tech to accelerate natural regeneration to meet growing human needs without breaking nature's balance."
The project centers on humans and nature, using human knowledge to resolve conflict between human interests and nature's interests — by creating new customs, new culture, new high tech, new applications. Mother Nature and her children, including humans, can coexist through human culture and high tech that remain harmonious with nature.
Plant · Care · Protect · Harvest
Crops · Livestock · Process · Conserve
Organic fertilizer · Renewable energy · Deep processing
Farmstay · Eco-tourism · Culture
Closed loop: cultivation residues → fertilizer/protein + green fuel → back to soil, plants, factory operations. Zero waste · Zero emissions · 100% internal.
Trầm hương · Sầu riêng · Hạt điều · Tre · Cây cau · Bưởi · Mít đỏ
Ớt · Chuối · Cỏ linh lăng · Cỏ voi · Cao lương · Chanh dây · Rau
Each component handles one link in the zero-emission chain — the output of one becomes the input of another, forming a self-sustaining agri-forest-industrial-tourism ecosystem.
Input → Output → back to input · 100% of waste becomes input for another component.
01
Large-scale, mechanized, and app-based automation. Long-day + short-day crops in rotation; biodiverse livestock per region.
02
Biofast 8-hour ultra-fast tech — no GHG, retains carbon in fertilizer + fish protein. Soft by-products + fish → high-quality organic fertilizer, no secondary pollution.
03
Utilizes hard by-products (branches, roots, leaves) + forest waste. Pyrolysis — no GHG, no fly/bottom ash. Ends seasonal burning — reduces CO₂ and forest fire risk.
Biogas: Hard waste → biomass/RDF → Biogas via CO₂-free pyrolysis → powers engines and daily life.
04
Modern infrastructure for researchers and ag-engineers to breed new varieties — high-yield, disease-resistant, climate-adapted. Also trains high-tech farmers and workers.
05
Lightweight modular. Solar PV roof. Processing waste → organic fertilizer (no discharge). Backup biomass energy.
06
Integrated forestry-agriculture + green eco-tourism — turning the farm landscape into a destination experience for domestic and international tourists. Products: experience + lodging + wellness food + educational tours.
07
Unlike Component 06 (bringing visitors in), Component 07 serves locals on the spot — turning SUSTANK from an economic project into a living ecosystem where residents are the beneficiaries. This is the "social dividend" the project gives to indigenous people.
Mutually reinforcing: C06 brings resources in — C07 redistributes them to locals. Together they form the circular socio-economic value that defines SUSTANK.
100% closed loop. Crop residues → fertilizer + protein + energy → back to soil, plants, plant operations.
Carbon-retaining biochar — restores depleted soil, improves water retention.
Green electric fuel from waste — powers vehicles, machinery, generators.
Biogas for combustion engines + daily use — ends waste burning.
Powers processing plants, community, R&D.
High-quality bio-fertilizer for crops and aquaculture.
8-hour ultra-fast organic fertilizer, carbon-retained, zero emission.
Replaces chemical pesticides — natural anti-fungal/bacterial.
Blockchain traceability, QR codes — export-ready.
Audience: Domestic & international tourists · Goal: Generate revenue from experiences + stay + Net Zero education. (Distinct from Component 07 serving locals.)
Natural forest experience, forest protection learning, human-nature connection.
Minimalist farm lodging, wellness food from farm produce, indigenous cultural experience.
Gardening, livestock care, tree planting, "love trees", witness animal births.
Tour high-tech circular agricultural production — zero greenhouse emission.
Audience: Indigenous residents, workers, families in/around the project · Goal: Improve living quality + preserve identity + sustainable jobs. (Distinct from Component 06 serving tourists.)
Standard-quality clean water for rural communities — raising basic living quality.
Health stations, kindergartens, admin areas — caring for rural residents.
Preserving ethnic identity while building new habits for climate adaptation. United, loving community honoring roots, devoted to lasting Vietnamese national development.
Revive and develop traditional indigenous crafts — create jobs, preserve culture.
Combining academic knowledge, business experience and indigenous community insight — leading SUSTANK to build the sustainable development model for Vietnam and the region.
Founder of Lĩnh Nam Group · Architect of the green-smart-sustainable ecosystem.
Sustainable agroforestry expert · Plant breeding and cultivation processes.
Associate Professor · Expert in sustainable policy and community education.
Partner network within and beyond Lĩnh Nam ecosystem — investing, operating and scaling SUSTANK to multiple localities.
Subscription model — clean produce direct from farm to table. Stable income for farmers + clean food for customers.
Carbon-neutral organic food for corporate canteens, schools, hospitals — spreading green lifestyle.
Alliance for international-standard exports — VietGAP, GlobalGAP, Organic — expanding to EU, US, Japan, Korea markets.
Investors, businesses, tech partners and communities — co-create the model of sustainable development for Vietnam and the region.
