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Viet Nam needed to improve the competitiveness of its sugar industry's competitiveness so it did not lose out in the regional market, especially when the tax rate is cut to zero by 2018 as part of commitments to the ASEAN Economic Community.

In 2015, much of Vietnam’s rubber exports have gone to neighboring China and Malaysia, which had imported 160,430 and 54,244 tons of Vietnamese rubber respectively in the first five months of the year.

Cashew nut exports for the rest of the year are expected to fall due to raw material shortages, according to the Viet Nam Cashew Association.

Dan On is known as the “Cashew King” of Vietnam because of the influence his business has on the market there. Now the Richmond visionary behind the multinational Dan-D-Foods Ltd. has his eyes on a new delicacy for his birth country – B.C. blueberries and cranberries.

Wholesale price of pepper reaches all-time high after rising by more than 300 per cent in past five years amid increasing demand from Far East countries

Viet Nam's pepper export revenue could set a new record this year or at least equal to that of last year despite lower export volume, according to the Viet Nam Pepper Association.

World’s leading tea producers Sri Lanka and Vietnam sought a greater bilateral trade with India in the fast growing tea and coffee sectors.

Viet Nam's tea producers should meet Fairtrade International's certification standards to increase the competitive quality of tea products and improve their export value, said experts.

Despite some encouraging results, Viet Nam's cocoa sector has not enjoyed stable development in the past decade, a review meeting heard in HCM City yesterday.

New crop cultivation improves living standards

In the coffee fields of Vietnam, everyday objects that are often thrown away are getting a new lease of life, as tools to help farmers save water by scheduling irrigation more effectively.

Think of coffee and you will probably think of Brazil, Colombia, or maybe Ethiopia. But the world's second largest exporter today is Vietnam. How did its market share jump from 0.1% to 20% in just 30 years, and how has this rapid change affected the country?

Farmers in Vietnam are holding the biggest unsold coffee inventory in at least five years months before they’re forecast to harvest a bumper crop. Prices fell.

The Vietnam Cassava Association (VCA) organised a conference in southern Tay Ninh province to seek to reap higher output for cassava, which is viewed as one of the staples helping eliminate hunger in the country.

(VOV) - The Ministry of Finance (MOF) has raised the export duty on cassava chips to 5% in an effort to dampen foreign demand and keep the cost of petrol from escalating.

The price of rice for exports from Vietnam, the world’s second largest rice exporter, in the international market has risen substantially in the first two months of this year, amid soaring rice exports, according to the country’s food association.