A Robusta take on coffee

As one of the world’s top coffee exporters, Việt Nam is shifting its focus to the sustainable cultivation and promotion of specialty coffee, with the aim of improving its coffee brand and quality. Bồ Xuân Hiệp reports.

Old coffee trees on a total of 15,000ha will be replaced or grafted this year to improve yields, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s plant cultivation department. 

Another coffee shop in HCM City? In the last few years, the coffee scene has exploded and can no longer be called “burgeoning”. It’s truly in full flower. Đen Đá Café is a Vietnamese-owned chain that already has one shop in the US. Mỹ Duyên takes a look. 

Phúc Sinh Group started operations at the Phúc Sinh Sơn La coffee processing factory in Sơn La Province on November 8 to serve domestic and foreign markets.

 The north-western province of Sơn La announced the geographical indication (GI) for Son La coffee at a festival to promote local coffee products on Thursday in Hà Nội.

For Will Frith, born in the US to an American father and Vietnamese mother, a visit to Việt Nam in 2004 ignited a passion for coffee that would change his life.

Lò Thị Phong from Chiềng Chung Commune in Mai Sơn District in the mountain province of Sơn La, has cultivated coffee for more than 10 years on 5,000 square metres of land, but she still finds life difficult.

US coffee chain Starbucks on Thursday announced that it would again sell Vietnamese Đà Lạt coffee at its stores starting from 6 January.

Việt Nam has set up a project to promote high-quality Vietnamese coffee backed by about VNĐ170 billion (US$7.5 million).