Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival wraps up on March 13. (Photo: VNA)

Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival wraps up

This year’s festival, themed “Buon Ma Thuot – Coffee City,” featured 17 official activities alongside various supporting events across the province. Notably, the festival coincided with the 50th anniversary of Buon Ma Thuot’s victory and the liberation of Dak Lak province (March 10, 1975 – 2025). The event attracted around 250,000 visitors, including 1,800 international guests, leaving a lasting impression with its vibrant cultural programmes rich in traditional identity.

Two media ambassadors of the 9th Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival, Miss Universe Vietnam 2017 and Top 5 finalist at Miss Universe 2018, H’Hen Niê (right), and Miss Vietnam Tourism Ambassador 2024 Dinh Thi Hoa. (Photo courtesy of the festival organiser).

Festival to promote Buon Ma Thuot as world coffee destination

The 9th Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival will take place in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak from March 9 to 13, as part of activities to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Victory of Buon Ma Thuot and the liberation of Dak Lak (March 10, 1975–2025).

Coffee growers choose coffee beans for exports in the Central Highlands province of Đak Lak. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam coffee prices decline amid market fluctuations

At the beginning of the week, coffee prices continued their downward trend, averaging at 118,400 VND (4.75 USD) per kilo in the Central Highlands - the largest coffee growing area in the country, according to giacaphe.com.

Brand positioning helps Buon Ma Thuot become global coffee hub

Brand positioning helps Buon Ma Thuot become global coffee hub

High-quality coffee products and specialty coffee are expected to help position the brand of Buon Ma Thuot coffee, contributing to turning the city of the same name in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak into a global hub for specialty coffees.
Dak Lak exports first macadamia lot to RoK

Dak Lak exports first macadamia lot to RoK

Nutri Soil JSC held a ceremony in Buon Ma Thuot city in Dak Lak province on January 3 to send the first container of macadamia to the Republic of Korea (RoK) in 2024, which is also the first batch of the product exported to the RoK from the Central Highlands via official channels.
Buon Ma Thuot aims to become global coffee mecca

Buon Ma Thuot aims to become global coffee mecca

Buon Ma Thuot city of the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak – Vietnam’s largest coffee-producing region – has put plans in place to become a global coffee city with a distinctive identity to place it on the world map for lovers of the drink.
Seminar seeks to improve value of Vietnamese coffee

Seminar seeks to improve value of Vietnamese coffee

The Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Association held a seminar on April 27 looking back on five editions of the annual Vietnam Amazing Cup which aims to discover and honour specialty coffee manufacturers, roasters and traders, contributing to improving the value of Vietnamese specialty coffee.
Buon Ma Thuot city set to become logistics hub in Central Highlands

Buon Ma Thuot city set to become logistics hub in Central Highlands

The People's Committee of Dak Lak province has recently issued a plan to improve the infrastructure of industrial clusters and establish a logistics and hi-tech industrial centre associated with biological and agro-forestry processing technological research in Buon Ma Thuot city by 2025.
Conference promotes coffee trade in Dak Lak

Conference promotes coffee trade in Dak Lak

Authorities of the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak and the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) held an international trade conference on March 11, as part of the ongoing eighth Buon Ma Thuot coffee festival.
Dak Lak records highest-ever coffee export volume

Dak Lak records highest-ever coffee export volume

The Central Highlands province of Dak Lak – Vietnam’s capital of coffee – pocketed 798 million USD in coffee exports in 2022, accounting for 53.2% of the locality’s total export turnover.
Dak Lak prepares for export of passion fruit to China

Dak Lak prepares for export of passion fruit to China

The Dak Lak province Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is preparing necessary conditions for the shipping of local passion fruit to China, as the fruit has been officially allowed to enter the market.
Consultation session to give advice on durian exports

Consultation session to give advice on durian exports

The Vietnam Trade promotion Agency (VIETRADE) and the authorities of Dak Lak, which houses large durian plantation in the Central Highland, will run a hybrid consultation in exporting Vietnamese durians on July 22 to field queries from interested firms.