The investigation of soil properties and fertilizer application for sugarcane in Tan Ky district, Nghe An province showed that the area for sugarcane cultivation in the district could be divided into three main subareas: Alluvial, mountainous and paddy fields. Soil properties in the subareas are normally low nutrient content such as organic matter, nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. Fertilizer applied for sugarcane in the research areas was inadequate and unbalanced compared to the reconunendation
furthermore, the fertilizer applied was not compatible with the soil properties. Based on the data of fertilizer application as well as soil properties, organic and phosphorus fertilizers should be applied more for sugarcane in three subareas, and nitrogen fertilizer for sugarcane should be applied more in the alluvial land but less in paddy fields.