Export value of the Vinacafe Bien Hoa Joint Stock Company (Vinacafe) increased 30 percent in the first four months of this year over the same period in 2006, the company has said.

Vinacafe has recently invested US$31.2 million in a new factory in the southern province of Dong Nai. The facility is expected to begin operation at the beginning of 2008 and will have output capacity of 3,200 tonnes of coffee a year.

At present the company exports coffee to 20 countries.