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Over 10 hectares of durian wither in Gia Lai; with the cause unidentified, farmers turn to coffee
In Chu Prong commune (xa Chu Prong), Gia Lai province in Vietnam's Central Highlands, durian gardens that were meant to be awaiting harvest are being felled one after another. A Vietnamese agriculture-and-environment newspaper (Nong nghiep va Moi truong) dated September 23, 2026 reported that in Hoang Yen and Bat villages, a provisional tally of more than 10 hectares of trees... -
EUDR-compliant lots fetch US$50 more per tonne: Vietnamese coffee rebounds at year-end
For Vietnamese coffee, EUDR-compliant lots trade at US$50 more per tonne. Some 35–40% of supply is compliant, and over 30% of the cultivated area holds sustainability certification. For Japanese roasters and buyers, we lay out the practicalities of how certification compliance ties directly to a price premium. -
A Lam Dong farmer replants an aging Robusta garden with the dwarf variety Xanh lun over three years
Mai Hong Quan, a farmer in Nam Nung, Lam Dong province, is spending three years replanting an aging coffee garden with the dwarf variety "Xanh lun (blue dwarf type)." Those around him recommended high-yielding varieties, but he did not rush, moving to a full switch only after judging the growth of trees he had planted on a trial basis. Cof... -
Coffee branches and leaves that were to be thrown away become a resource: the business opportunity opened by Vietnamese coffee's decarbonization
Pruned branches and leaves from coffee plantations and the husks left after processing used to be nuisances, merely burned in a corner of the field or left to pile up. But in Vietnam's main growing areas, these "things that were meant to be thrown away" are being remade into organic fertilizer, curbing the use of chemical fertilizer while even pushing up farmers' incomes... -
The day Buon Ma Thuot's beans come out as "powder": how Japanese procurement moves
Trung Nguyen Legend has broken ground on a Robusta deep-processing plant in Dak Lak province, investing 98.9 billion dong (about 6.09 billion yen). We unpack what the new spray-drying capacity of 1,000 kg/h will demand of Japanese roasters' and trading companies' raw-material sourcing. -
Quitting celebration flowers for 1 million seedlings: a Quang Ngai origin that residents build
In Tu Mo Rong, Quang Ngai province (the former Kon Tum highlands), the budget for ceremonial celebratory flowers was converted into one million coffee seedlings distributed free to the Xo Dang people. It started on about 200 ha, with 1,000 ha of new planting targeted for 2030. We unpack this resident-led formation of a growing area from the perspective of Japanese roasters. -
HAGL, toward the world's largest 20,000 ha directly managed coffee estate—vertically integrating through processing across Laos and Vietnam, a vision of JPY 71.3 billion in sales
Vietnam's HAGL has announced a vertical-integration plan to establish 20,000 ha of company-run coffee plantations by 2028 and produce everything in-house, down to roasting and cascara tea. It expects coffee-division sales of 71.3 billion yen, giving rise to a new sourcing partner directly linked to the growing area. -
Intimex plans a US$150 million freeze-dried coffee plant in HCMC: a turning point for Vietnam's coffee deep processing
Intimex Group, Vietnam's largest coffee-export company, is considering building a freeze-dried instant-coffee plant in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC). The investment is US$150 million (about 22.5 billion yen). If realized, it would move Vietnam's coffee industry from a "raw-material exporter" to a "processed-goods exporter"... -
Vietnamese coffee's 2026 start: 366,000 tonnes in January–February (+14%)—Robusta steady at 87,000–88,000 dong, ICE inventories at a 16-month low
Coffee exports from Vietnam, the world's largest Robusta producer, are holding firm at the start of 2026 as well. Export volume in January–February was 366,000 tonnes (up 14% year on year), maintaining double-digit growth. The domestic Robusta green-bean price held steady in a high range of 87,000–88,000 dong/kg (about 512–518 yen/kg, at 170 VND to 1 JPY)... -
From coffee husks to "cascara tea"—a by-product transformed into four times the value of green beans
Vietnam's Phuc Sinh has commercialized "cascara tea," made by drying and processing the discarded husks of coffee cherries. Exporting it to three European countries at four times the unit price of green beans, it is leading the growth of processed-coffee exports of US$1.78 billion (up 50.4% year on year).
