Stimulant crops

Mainly in Vietnam's Central Highlands, coffee farmers are rapidly switching to durian. This is because profits of US$69,500 per hectare a year (up to five times that of coffee) can be expected, and the Tien Giang Province Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and Intimex Group have also confirmed '2 billion VND per hectare of durian a year'. According to MARD, durian output reached 984,800 tonnes as of the end of September 2024, and Vietnam's very cropping structure is being rewritten.

Overview: Vietnam's cacao industry is relatively new, with full-scale cultivation beginning in the 2000s. Annual output is small, at about 3,000 to 5,000 tonnes of cacao beans, but it is internationally recognized as high-quality fine-flavor cacao. The 'bean-to-bar' chocolate boom has...

Overview: Vietnam is the world's seventh-largest tea producer, with annual production of about 180,000 tonnes of dried tea leaves. A variety of teas are produced—green tea, black tea, oolong, and lotus-flower tea—across a cultivated area of about 130,000 hectares. The history of Vietnamese tea goes back more than 1,000 years, and the northern mountain areas in particular have centuries-old tea...

Overview: Vietnam's Arabica coffee accounts for only about 5% of all coffee output, but in recent years its high quality has attracted international attention. Compared with Robusta, Arabica is characterized by a delicate flavor and rich aroma, and demand in the specialty coffee market is surging...

Overview: Vietnam is the world's second-largest coffee producer after Brazil, and in particular boasts the world's largest output of Robusta. Annual output reaches about 1.8 million tonnes, consistently ranking near the top of Vietnam's agricultural export value. Robusta has a high caffeine content and a bitterness that...