Vicosap is the trade name of Công ty TNHH Chế biến Dừa sáp Cầu Kè, a food producer registered on 16 July 2020 in Tam Ngãi commune, Vĩnh Long province (before July 2025: Trà Vinh), in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta. It deep-processes “wax coconut” (dừa sáp; botanically macapuno), a soft-flesh coconut variety grown around Cầu Kè, into a range of shelf-stable products — coconut strands, candies, freeze-dried snacks, yoghurt snacks and nutrition bars — rather than selling only the fresh fruit. The name is formed from VI (Vietnam) + CO (coconut) + SAP (sáp / wax).
The company was founded by Trần Duy Linh (co-founder / CEO), a Cầu Kè native, and Lâm Ngọc Tú (co-founder). Their stated aim was to be the first to deep-process a fruit that had historically been sold only fresh and locally.
Company at a glance
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Legal name | Công ty TNHH Chế biến Dừa sáp Cầu Kè |
| Trade name | Vicosap |
| Registered | 16 July 2020 |
| Business licence | 2100658251 (reissued 22 Nov 2022) |
| Location | 253/5 Ấp 2, Tam Ngãi commune, Vĩnh Long province (formerly Cầu Kè, Trà Vinh) |
| Region | Mekong Delta |
| Website | https://duasapvicosap.com |
| Contact | hotro@vicosap.vn |
Products
Vicosap reports 80+ SKUs across 15 product groups, organised into 9 main lines, all derived from Cầu Kè wax coconut:
| Product | Notes |
|---|---|
| Wax coconut strands | First OCOP 5-star product (rated 2022); the line that made the fruit easy to distinguish from ordinary coconut |
| Wax coconut candy | 3 flavours (plain, pandan, cacao) |
| Freeze-dried / crispy wax coconut | Snack line |
| Wax coconut yoghurt snack | OCOP 4-star |
| Wax coconut nutrition bar | Mother-and-baby segment (from 2023) |
| Vacuum-packed whole wax coconut (Bảo Châu) | First product (July 2020); extends fresh shelf life |
| Freeze-dried wax coconut ice cream | Launched 25 Sep 2025 |
Certifications and recognition
Status as reported by the company, retrieved 2026-07-31:
| Item | Body | Note |
|---|---|---|
| OCOP 5-star (national) | National OCOP Council | 4 products (2022 + 2025) |
| OCOP 4-star | Provincial OCOP Council | 7 products |
| HVNCLC | BSA | 2025, consumer-voted |
| ISO 9001:2015 · ISO 22000:2018 · HACCP | — | Quality / food-safety systems |
| FDA registration · Halal | US FDA / — | Export markets |
| Food-safety cert (ATVSTP) 51/2020/NNPTNT-TV | Trà Vinh authority | July 2020 |
| Vietnam Record | VietKings | May 2023 — most deep-processed wax-coconut lines |
OCOP is Vietnam’s government product-grading scheme, rated 1–5 stars; 5-star is the top national tier. HVNCLC (“High-Quality Vietnamese Goods”) is a consumer- and standards-based label administered by the BSA.
Sourcing and production
Vicosap sits at the deep-processing and commercialisation stage of the coconut value chain, sourcing from the Cầu Kè wax-coconut area (formerly Trà Vinh), which the company describes as Vietnam’s wax-coconut heartland. According to figures in the company profile (retrieved 2026-07-31), the district had about 3,878 ha of coconut overall as of June 2023, of which wax coconut accounted for roughly 75,000 trees producing over 200,000 fruit per year; a wax-coconut bunch typically yields only 20–40% wax fruit, the rest resembling ordinary coconut. The company reports a supply link with the Hòa Tân wax-coconut cooperative and use of freeze-drying and automated packing under ISO 9001:2015. These are self-reported figures; see limitations below.
Markets
Domestically, the company reports retail through SASCO and Emart, five major airports (Tân Sơn Nhất, Cần Thơ, Đà Nẵng, Cam Ranh, Phú Quốc), and the Shopee, Tiki and Sendo marketplaces.
Official export timeline as stated in the company profile (retrieved 2026-07-31):
| Market | Since | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 🇯🇵 Japan | Oct 2021 | First official export |
| 🇦🇺 Australia | Oct 2021 | Fresh wax coconut by air, reported at 30–35 AUD/fruit |
| 🇦🇺 Australia (Seven-Eleven) | Nov 2023 | Retail-chain agreement |
| 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 2022 | — |
| 🇺🇸 United States | 2022 | — |
| 🇹🇼 Taiwan · 🇭🇰 Hong Kong · 🇨🇳 China | — | — |
The company also runs a Wax Coconut Museum (Bảo tàng Dừa Sáp Trà Vinh), opened in 2024 from the earlier “Vicosap House,” as an agritourism and heritage project around the fruit.
Related producers
- Sokfarm — coconut flower nectar producer in the same former Trà Vinh coconut chain (Tiểu Cần), also an OCOP 5-star exporter.
- Cobote — another Vietnamese coconut-products brand.
- Cocosmile — a Vietnamese coconut-products brand in the same value chain.
Limitations of this data
- We have not visited the facility. All figures (SKU count, tree and fruit counts, hectares, product tiers, export dates, prices) are self-reported by the company or drawn from public profiles as of 2026-07-31, and are not independently audited here.
- The “first to deep-process wax coconut” claim and the Vietnam Record are the company’s own recognitions; we have not verified them against an independent registry beyond what the source states.
- The AUD price per fruit is a reported figure from the source and may vary by season and channel.
- Certification and OCOP tiers reflect what the company reports; we have not inspected the underlying certificates or their current validity.