HANOI, Vietnam – Vietnam has risen to fourth place among instant coffee exporters worldwide in 2015, with total expected shipment of 67,500 tonnes, up 25 percent from previous year, according to the Vietnam Coffee and Cocoa Association (VICOFA). In the past few years, instant coffee plants have sprouted up in the country ...
DONG NAI, Vietnam – The Nestle Group is carrying several major projects with the aim of popularising Vietnamese coffee among coffee consumers all over the world and making Vietnam an international reference for robusta coffee, said a Nestle executive. Executive Vice President for Nestle Nandu Nandkishore, responsible for Asia, Oceania and Africa ...
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam – Heavy rain that hit swamped Vietnam's 2016/2017 coffee harvest has raised the ratio of low-quality beans and defects, traders said on Wednesday, with one major exporter saying quality is at its worst in nine years. Unseasonal rain that fell from October-December last year in Vietnam's Central Highlands coffee belt ...
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam – The world's largest exporter of robusta coffee Vietnam could fall short of the bitter beans in the next two to three months due to rising shipments and dwindling domestic stocks, top exporter Intimex said on Tuesday. A smaller harvest is expected this year in export rival Indonesia and ...
BUON MA THUOT, Vietnam – A strategic agreement to develop the Buon Ma Thuot coffee brand is expected to revive the country’s coffee industry, which needs to replace thousands of old, unproductive trees on farms in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak.
KAMPALA, Uganda – Until recently Vietnam and Uganda shared a similar trajectory in the development of their coffee sectors. Today, Vietnam has emerged as the second largest coffee producer in the world. In Uganda, poor agricultural inputs and a failing institutional environment have resulted in low yields and slower development of the sector.
BUON MA THUOT, Vietnam – An international coffee fair themed “Quality Coffee for the Health of the Community” opened yesterday in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak. This year’s fair has attracted the participation of 234 businesses with 735 booths displaying mostly coffee and coffee-related products.
HANOI, Vietnam – The move comes after the Vietnamese government's decision to halt five commodities from India. India has suspended the import of six commodities from Vietnam, including coffee beans and black pepper, citing pest infections, India's agriculture ministry said.
BUON MA THUOT, Dak Lak, Vietnam – Up to 10 countries worldwide have approved trademark protection registration for “Buon Ma Thuot Coffee”, a brand in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak. These countries are the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Spain, Germany, Singapore, China, Thailand, Canada and Russia.
DAK NONG – The Central Highlands province of Dak Nong is providing better access to loans and training courses to farmers in an aim to increase productivity and quality of coffee farms. Lê Trọng Yên, director of the province’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said authorities would help farmers understand ...