Background on Coffee in Vietnam

Vietnam’s coffee industry has experienced rapid growth since its beginnings in 1975. With approximately 600,000 hectares of coffee farmland, Vietnam is currently the largest producer of Robusta coffee in the world and the second largest producer of coffee globally, second only to Brazil (FAO 2020). On average, Vietnam produces over 2.3 metric tons of coffee per hectare, one of the highest rates in the world (ICO 2019). 

Given these facts, it’s no surprise that coffee plays an important role in the country’s agriculture sector:

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