Vietnam coffee industry in trouble as prices plunge

Despite efforts to reduce costs and increase yields, Vietnam’s coffee exports have faced a difficult year, delegates heard at a seminar in Ho Chi Minh City on 2 December.

“The international coffee market has seen unexpected trends and seriously impacted Vietnamese exports,” Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Quoc Doanh said at the 2015 Vietnam Coffee Outlook and Sustainability Forum.

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