In the 2016-2017 crop, coffee exports were projected to drop about 20 percent compared to the previous one, but turnover could be equivalent as export prices have risen 30 percent due to global supply
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc recently signed a decision to add three more products - brackish water shrimp, high-quality coffee and ginseng - to the list of national products.
Coffee growers in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak have applied internationally-recognised programmes on sustainable coffee production to raise their incomes.
Vietnam’s exports to Algeria continued to grow by 29 percent year-on-year to 208 million USD in the first seven months of 2017 after rising by 37 percent in the first half of the year.
Vietnam exported 974,712 tonnes of coffee from January 1 to August 15 this year, a reduction of 16.4 percent from the same period last year, earning 2.22 billion USD in value, up 7.9 percent, according to Vietnam’s Customs.