Brown rice and silkworms can be used as a growing base for cordycep muhrooms, which are very expensive and seen as ‘soft gold’. Cordyceps has made people in the northern province of Ha Giang rich.

Once the cultivation environment can be similar to the natural environment in which cordyceps grows, cordyceps of the best quality can be grown, scientists say.

VietNamNet Bridge - A Vietnamese company announced it has successfully cultivated and provided commercial cordyceps sinensis products at competitive prices.