About this episode

Cat-Thao Nguyen shares her journey from corporate life to founding a pesticide-free rice brand in rural Vietnam.

Today’s guest is Cat-Thao Nguyen, the founder of Earth Water , a pesticide-free rice brand from Tây Ninh Province. We talked about Cat-Thao’s unconventional journey from corporate boardrooms and executive coaching to a rice paddy in rural Vietnam, the spiritual connection she feels to the land of her ancestors, what living in a low-income community has shown her after spending years in the relative prosperity of Ho Chi Minh City, and more. Subscribe to the Vietnam Weekly here . Support the podcast through Buy Me a Coffee . Get full access to Vietnam Weekly at thevietnamweekly.substack.com/subscribe

People in this episode

Host: Mike Tatarski

Guest: Cat-Thao Nguyen

Topics covered

• entrepreneurship
• agriculture
• cultural identity
• community
• personal journey

Keywords

• rice
• pesticide-free
• Vietnam
• entrepreneur
• community
• agriculture
• Ho Chi Minh City

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Earth Water

Places: Tây Ninh Province, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

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