In January-July, Việt Nam exported 164,357 tonnes of pepper, comprising 145,330 tonnes of black pepper and 19,027 tonnes of white pepper, with total export revenue reaching $764.2 million, up 40.8 per cent.
Nguyen Nam Hai, chairman of the Viet Nam Pepper Association, tells Viet Nam News about how to improve the value of the spice and develop the pepper industry.
The pepper industry plans to reduce the area under the spice and focus on improving quality to ensure long-term growth, according to the Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development.
The pepper industry plans to reduce the area under the spice and focus instead on improving quality to ensure long-term growth, a seminar heard in HCM City yesterday.