Nong Lam University - Ho Chi Minh City

Nong Lam University - Ho Chi Minh City, doing business as NLU, is a Vietnamese educational institution and non-profit organization that serves as a federal grant recipient, not a federal contractor. NLU operates as a prime grantee on research and development projects funded by civilian federal agencies and as a sub-recipient on agricultural research grants, with all three recent awards originating from USDA or USAID.

NLU's federal footprint is narrow and recent. The vendor holds two prime federal grants and one sub-award across three total awards obligating $126 thousand combined. The two prime grants include a project grant titled Sustainable Mangrove Thinning for Aquaculture Support in Vietnam (awarded September 2024, terminated by ultimate completion date July 2025) and a cooperative agreement titled Model Belowground Carbon (awarded May 2022, modified to termination by April 2025). Both grants flowed from the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Washington Office Acquisitions. NLU also acts as a sub-recipient on a Cargill-led federal grant awarded September 2023 by the US Agency for International Development Bureau for Global Health; under that sub-award, NLU conducts poultry research in Vietnam examining the effects of fermentation products on antibiotic use, immunity, gut health, and production performance in broiler chickens compared to control diets.

Customer concentration is split between USDA Forest Service (two awards, 67% of volume) and USAID (one award, 33% of volume). Activity has remained flat at one award per year across 2022, 2023, and 2024. No federal contracts, BPAs, or government-wide vehicles support NLU's footprint; all awards are direct grants or sub-grants. The vendor does not compete under SBA set-asides and does not hold federal contract authority.