Maintaining last year's growth momentum, the exports of many Vietnamese agricultural products posted strong performance in the first months of this year.

New records have continuously been set in the prices of coffee in Central Highlands localities recently, now standing at over VND90,000 (US$3.65) per kilo.

VOV.VN - The recent continuous rising coffee prices have helped local coffee exports to achieve the target of US$1 billion in the first two months of the year, representing an increase of 50% against the same period from last year, according to figures given by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - Coffee farmers are advised to cash in on export shipments as coffee prices are on the rise in the global market.

Over the past month, the price of coffee bean has continuously increased, reaching the mark of VND60,000 (US$2.55) a kilogramme, the highest in the past 15 years, in the Central Highlands provinces which are considered the country's "coffee capital".

Global and domestic coffee prices are at high levels, providing opportunities for Vietnam to maintain a coffee export revenue of over US$4 billion this year, a record set in 2022, while the global supply is narrowing down.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese businesses shipped a total of 65,700 tonnes of coffee to Belgium in the first quarter of the year, raking in more than US$135.3 million in export turnover.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese coffee prices have skyrocketed in recent weeks amid the country exporting 1.18 million tonnes of coffee worth US$2.23 billion during the opening nine months of the year, according to statistics compiled by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Vietnam exported 428,000 tonnes of coffee worth US$771 million in the first quarter of 2021, down 17% in volume and 11.3% in value year on year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

VOV.VN - Poland imported a total of 11,100 tonnes of coffee with a value of US$18.42 million from Vietnam during 9-month period last year, representing an increase of 30.6% in volume and 27.1% in value against the same period in 2019, according to figures compiled by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).