November 28, 2017 | 22:18 (GMT+7)
Vietnam joins management board of Asian Coffee Association
Vietnam joined 12 other countries on the management board of the Asian Coffee Association (ACA) which was officially established on November 27 in Mangshi city, capital of Dehong autonomous prefecture, China’s Yunnan province.
With a large population and growing
coffee consumption, Asia is expected to become
a new engine for the global coffee industry.
The other members of the board are China, the Republic
of Korea, Japan,
Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand,
Indonesia, India, Nepal,
Sri Lanka, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
Chinese delegate Xiong Xiangren, who
was elected president of the association, said that the ACA will make efforts
to devise standards, form pricing mechanisms, support brands, and expand Asian
coffee culture.
ACA members can exchange information
and resources and the ACA welcomes collaboration from countries both inside and
outside the region, he stressed.
The association, initiated by more
than 20 Asian countries in 2015, was registered in Colombo, Sri Lanka
in July, 2017. Its only representative office is in Kunming,
capital of Yunnan
province.
With a large population and growing
coffee consumption, Asia is expected to become
a new engine for the global coffee industry.
Source: VNA