Vietnam, a big producer of coffee

Today's production power, tomorrow's production giant.

Perhaps under the influence of French colonial rule, coffee grown in Vietnam has a French flavor. Arabica coffee was first brought to Vietnam by French missionaries. More than 400,000 coffee trees were introduced to Vietnam from 1865 to 1876 and planted near Tonkin Bay, mostly Java or bourbon varieties.

At present, coffee production in Vietnam is growing. Among Vietnam's new export products, tea ranks first and coffee ranks second. The main varieties produced are Robbite coffee beans, which exported 66000 bags in 1980 and soared to more than 200,000 tons in 1994. 96% of Robert's coffee comes from small farms, but some state-owned farms also grow coffee trees.

The yield of coffee in Vietnam is as high as 950 kilograms per hectare, and many newly planted coffee trees are invested by the Japanese.

Two years ago, I read a survey report that Vietnam has overtaken Colombia in coffee bean production, ranking second in the world after Brazil. But the trees planted are Robusta trees, and there is still a big gap between the quality of coffee beans and countries like Colombia and Brazil.