Vietnam is the second largest exporter of Coffee in the world behind Brazil. The opportunity for a worldwide Vietnam branded coffee is huge but due to many different factors throughout it’s history, it has struggled to do so. The large majority of it’s raw coffee produce is exported as green beans, the first stage of coffee production.

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The two main coffee groups:

 There are two major types of coffee in Vietnam: Arabica and Robusta
Robusta Coffee:
Growing height of Robusta coffee ranges from 0 - 800m, so it is relatively easy to grow. But it requires a fairly large rainfall of 2200-3000mm, so Robusta coffee is very drought tolerant. In Vietnam, nearly 90% of the cultivated area is Robusta coffee and Vietnam is the largest Robusta exporter in the world.

Robusta coffee is grown mainly in the Central Highlands, mainly in the Central Highlands provinces of Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Dak Lak, Dak Nong and Lam Dong. Some midland provinces like Dong Nai and Vung Tau also grow robusta coffee. Robusta here is planted at an altitude of about 500m above sea level. Robusta prefer sunlight with preferred temperatures from 24 degrees C to 29 degrees Celsius, characteristic plateau with an average rainfall of more than 1,000mm per year.

Arabica coffee:

Arabica coffee is usually grown at a height of around 1000 to 1600m. Of the more than 500,000 hectares of coffee planted in the country, only 35,000 hectares are dedicated to Arabica coffee and thse are concentrated in Lam Dong, Thua Thien Hue. Quang Tri, Nghe An, Hoa Binh, Son La and Dien Bien.

Cau Dat (Da Lat) is one of the best places to grow Arabica coffee in Vietnam. This land is called "Arabica Paradise" thanks to the "golden index" such as its elevation 1500m above sea level, and a cool temperate climate year round with temperatures ranging from 5 to 33 degrees.

There are also some famous Arabica coffee plantations such as:
Arabica coffee from Huong Hoa, Quang Tri with the growth from 500m- 900m above sea level so the seeds are quite soft make sour bright.

In the north, cold weather and heavy rainfall, the dry season is not clear, the advantages that Arabica coffee grows and develops. Arabica coffee is grown in Son La, Dien Bien with the height of less than 1200m above sea level, making the coffee world famous.