In accordance with supply contracts with Orion, over 400 farm households have been growing potatoes in the highlands on 500 hectares (1 ha = 10,000 sq.m) at 1,000 meters above sea level in Đơn Dương, Lâm Đồng Province, southern Việt Nam.
Dr Amandine Dabat, a historian, would seem to be a typical academic investigating a Vietnamese monarch, save for one crucial fact: she is the great-great-granddaughter of King Ham Nghi.
This familial connection lends her research a heightened level of credibility and significance, as she possesses intimate access to the king’s personal effects and her family’s historical archives.