VNA News Bulletin - Feb. 10, 2016

Introduced to Vietnam in the mid-nineteenth century, coffee has become one of the country’s main industrial crops. Vietnam is now the world’s largest producer of Robusta and second largest coffee exporter. Last year, its earnings from overseas shipments of the products hit a record high of about 4 billion USD, up 32% annually.

Domestic tuna exporters are targeting promising small markets to get out of current difficulties amid economic fluctuations in big importing countries.

Vietnam is becoming an attractive retail market for companies all over the world with many regional and global FDI investors recently announcing plans to increase capital and expand distribution networks here.

Each year, in late March, the Jrai ethnic minority people in the Central Highlands’ province of Gia Lai hold a ceremony to worship the forest god, while also praying for good health among the villagers as well as a bumper harvest.

Beyond introducing local high-quality and environmentally-friendly products, the “Chợ tỉnh” market fair in Ninh Binh province has brought Vietnamese culture closer to visitors from far and wide.