First coffee trading floor to be inaugurated in December

Vietnam’s first coffee trading floor will formally become operational in December in Buon Ma Thuot city of central highlands Dak Lak province, announced Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee Lu Ngoc Cu in Hanoi on Sept. 11.

The provincial leader told the press that the trading floor will be equipped with facilities reaching the world standards.

The event is part of the second Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival slated from Dec. 10-14, Cu said.

During the five-day festival, more than 150 domestic and foreign businesses will display their coffee products and coffee-flavoured products as well as coffee processing equipment and technology at almost 400 stalls.

Vietnam ’s coffee exports fetches more than 1 billion USD each year, to which Dak Lak province makes up more than 50 percent.

VNA

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