Market Insights

International coffee trade flows saw strong growth in 2018, driven by Brazil and Vietnam. The new Rabobank Coffee Map reveals five key themes shaping current and future coffee flows. While some trends are global, we also identify local trends that are taking...

Vietnam’s mergers and acquisitions market is abuzz in food and beverages, as well as in consumer goods, as the competitive landscape evolves and rivals reshape their...

Preservation and processing technologies are the key to increasing the value of farm produce exports, experts say. While the farm produce export situation was lackluster in the first five months of 2019, fruit exports gained encouraging achievements with export...

According to the recently-released Top 50 Brands report by Forbes Vietnam, the country’s top spot fell to dairy giant Vinamilk at US$2.24bn, whereas Vietnam’s biggest brewer Saigon Beer Alcohol Beverage Corp (Sabeco) came in third at US$486mn, and...

China’s ban on plastic waste imports at the beginning of 2018 had severe impacts worldwide, especially on the F&B industry which received much flak, and South East Asia which initially bore the brunt of plastic refuse. Eighteen months on, we take a look at how...

Many foreign coffee chains have failed to secure their positions in the market, but Vietnamese owned chains have reported revenue growth in recent years. But not all of them have made high...

The agriculture sector in the first half of this year attracted about VND11.4 trillion (US$491.3 million) to 11 new and existing projects processing farming products, according the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The ministry said since 2018,...

Many shops specialising in organic pork, fresh fruits and vegetables have opened in central HCM City and neighboring areas as demand for organic products has increased in recent...

Multinational retail chain Walmart is looking for more supplies of seafood and other food products from Vietnam to meet its rising demand...

Vietnam has exported to Japan its first batch of 8.1 kilograms of watermelon seeds, produced by farmers in the Mekong Delta provinces of Tien Giang and Hau Giang with the support of Loc Troi Group and Japan’s Hagihara Farm...