December 11, 2017 | 21:23 (GMT+7)
Vietnam finds solution for sustainable development of coffee sector
PANO - The first Vietnamese Coffee Day with the theme “New Development Stage for Vietnam’s Coffee Industry” took place in Da Lat city, Lam Dong province on December 9-11.
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Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong briefed on coffee development
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The event offered an opportunity for
Vietnamese localities and businesses to promote their products to domestic and
international consumers, raising the values of the “Made in Vietnam” coffee
in the international market.
A number of activities and seminars
were organized in order to review coffee production models and projects, and
find measures to sustainably develop Vietnam’s coffee sector.
On the sidelines of the Vietnamese
Coffee Day, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong
toured some local coffee production households.
Vietnam is currently the world’s
second-largest coffee exporter, after Brazil. Last year, the country
exported 1.8 million tons of coffee beans, worth $US 3.2 billion.
Translated by Van Hieu