越南咖啡業的發展

Abstract

The coffee tree was introduced into Viet Nam by French in the 1850s. However, coffee only began to play a really important role in the economic after the Economic Revolution in 1975. Since 1986, the production of coffee, like that of rice, has grown dramatically, making Viet Nam the fourth largest exporter of coffee in the world in 1998 and maintain the second position in the world since 2000 until now. Coffee growth has had very important contribution to the economy: high export value, decrease in the poverty rate in Central Highland … However, during the world coffee price crisis, Viet Nam coffee commodity chain was one of the most negatively affected in the world. Living standards of coffee growers were reduced. Poverty rate, coffee agents’ bankruptcy increased. But in consuming countries, coffee sellers still earned a lot of money. This fact shows us that Viet Nam coffee industry is very vulnerable and has a lot of troubles which need to be solved. One of the main issues is so called “coffee paradox” that not only Viet Nam encounters but also other producing countries do. In addition to the orthodox coffee paradox, the paper will also mention low domestic consumption in Viet Nam and in producing countries. The paper is going to discuss about the coffee paradox, how to improve the consumption situation in producing countries including Viet Nam, and some suggestions will be given for Viet Nam coffee industry’s stable development in the future

The coffee tree was introduced into Viet Nam by French in the 1850s. However, coffee only began to play a really important role in the economic after the Economic Revolution in 1975. Since 1986, the production of coffee, like that of rice, has grown dramatically, making Viet Nam the fourth largest exporter of coffee in the world in 1998 and maintain the second position in the world since 2000 until now. Coffee growth has had very important contribution to the economy: high export value, decrease in the poverty rate in Central Highland … However, during the world coffee price crisis, Viet Nam coffee commodity chain was one of the most negatively affected in the world. Living standards of coffee growers were reduced. Poverty rate, coffee agents’ bankruptcy increased. But in consuming countries, coffee sellers still earned a lot of money. This fact shows us that Viet Nam coffee industry is very vulnerable and has a lot of troubles which need to be solved. One of the main issues is so called “coffee paradox” that not only Viet Nam encounters but also other producing countries do. In addition to the orthodox coffee paradox, the paper will also mention low domestic consumption in Viet Nam and in producing countries. The paper is going to discuss about the coffee paradox, how to improve the consumption situation in producing countries including Viet Nam, and some suggestions will be given for Viet Nam coffee industry’s stable development in the future