BBC NEWS | Business | Vietnam reaps diaspora windfall (#)

  „"I saw some business opportunities for example in coffee. "Coffee was something that I wanted to improve in Vietnam and so I came back to start a coffee business." Changing attitudes After initial suspicions returning Vietnamese - or Viet Kieu - are now being accepted by many in the country. They bring money, outside ideas and an understanding of the Vietnamese way of doing things. Factors increasingly recognised by the Vietnamese government.“

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BBC NEWS | Business | Bitter harvest for Vietnam coffee farmers

  „London coffee futures jumped by 5%, hitting a two-year high of $743 a tonne. But it will take a more sustained rally to bail out Vietnam's economy, which has suffered from its growing reliance on the crop. The country earned some $260m from coffee in 2001-02, just over one-third as much as it brought in four years earlier.“

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BBC - Holiday - Destinations - Vietnam

  „Most of the roads in Vietnam are pretty bad and most itineraries involve flying between destinations. Despite being slow the road over Cloudy Mountain was well worth the drive with beautiful views across the lush green mountains.“

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BBC - Mid Wales Food - The Mecca Cafe

  „The Mecca Coffee House must stand out as one of the best coffee houses in Wales... If you're in Aber, make a point of visiting this cafe - if only to see the beautiful coffee machine they have - it has a chrome eagle on top of it!“

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Coffee @ nationalgeographic.com

  „French missionaries first brought coffee to Vietnam in the mid-1860s, but production remained negligible as late as 1980. In the 1990s, however, Vietnamese coffee production has been ratcheted up at a furious pace. At least one trader worries that the industry is growing too quickly for its own good. “The crop’s growing so fast that there’s not an equivalent growth in processing, so you’re looking at quality problems,” he said from Daklak, Vietnam’s main coffee-growing region.“

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Tea & Coffee 05/04 - Vietnam’s Special-Teas

  „Future Generation specializes in processing and exporting fine Vietnamese teas around the world, both in bulk and packaged. For a relatively small private enterprise in a market dominated by the state-owned giant Vinatea, Future Generation has carved itself a niche in the international tea markets with attention to detail, quality products and a slick marketing strategy that earns repeat orders and attracts new customers. The recent acquisition of an IMA teabag packing machine attests to Future Generation’s commitment to and confidence in the future of Vietnam tea.“

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