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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: Star anise is a specialty of northern Vietnam, which is the world's second-largest producer after China. Annual production is about 20,000–30,000 tonnes, and it is characterized by the strong, sweet aroma from its distinctive star-shaped fruit. Besides being a culinary spice, it is a source of shikimic acid, the raw material for the influenza drug Tamiflu...

Overview: Vietnam is the world's third-largest producer of cinnamon (cassia), with an annual output of about 40,000 tonnes of bark and about 20,000 tonnes of essential oil. Vietnamese cinnamon is known for its strong aroma and high essential-oil content, and is used worldwide as a raw material for spices, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics. The cultivation area is about 1...

Overview: Vietnam is the world's third-largest producer of natural rubber, with annual production of about 1.2 million tonnes. Its output ranks after Thailand and Indonesia, and it is also third in world natural-rubber exports. Natural rubber is an essential raw material across a wide range of industries, including tires, industrial goods, and medical goods. The cultivated area...

Overview: Pangasius (basa, tra fish) is a representative freshwater farmed fish of Vietnam, exported to more than 140 countries worldwide. Annual output reaches about 1.7 million tonnes, an important item accounting for about 25% of Vietnam's seafood export value. Characterized by its white, mild flesh, it is used for fish and chip...

Overview: Vietnam's coconut production is about 1.6 million tonnes a year, making it one of Southeast Asia's leading producing areas. Coconut is a versatile crop used in many ways—food (coconut milk, coconut oil, coconut water), cosmetic ingredients, and industrial fiber. The recent global coco...

Overview: Vietnam is the world's third-largest shrimp producer and exporter, and the fisheries sector is one of the most important export sectors in Vietnam's agriculture, forestry, and fisheries. The main species are whiteleg shrimp and black tiger (giant tiger prawn), with annual shrimp output of about 900,000 tonnes, and export value...

Overview: Vietnam is the world's fifth-largest rice producer and the world's third-largest rice exporter. Annual output reaches about 43 million tonnes, of which about 6 to 7 million tonnes are exported. Rice is the crop at the foundation of Vietnamese agriculture, and rice cultivation is carried out on about 7.4 million hectares of the country. In recent years, ST25...

Overview: Vietnam ranks first in the world in cashew processing and exports, handling about 60% of the world's cashew processing. In raw-nut production it is also third in the world, after Cote d'Ivoire and India. Annual processing reaches about 2 million tonnes of in-shell nuts, and export value is about 3.6 billion...