Vietnam signs international coffee agreement
Ha Noi, Aug. 23 (VNA) -- Viet Nam signed the 2001 International Coffee Agreement at the UN headquarters in New York on Aug. 22.
Vietnamese Ambassador to the UN Nguyen Thanh Chau was the signatory.
Countries that have signed the agreement include Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Ethiopia, India, Japan, Uganda, Tanzania, and Viet Nam.
According to the International Coffee Organisation, among 60 coffee growing and exporting countries, Viet Nam stands third after Brazil and Colombia in coffee export volume with an annual quantity of 11,350 bags shipped abroad (each weighing 60 kg).--VNA
