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Vietnam sugarcane market in 2011 and outlook for 2012 published by Agroinfo is intended to provide comprehensive and up-to-date analyses of dominant factors over the domestic and global sugarcane industry in 2011 and prospects for Vietnam’s sugarcane industry in 2012.

Vietnam fertilizer industry in 2011 and outlook for 2012 published by Agroinfo is intended to provide comprehensive and up-to-date analyses of dominant factors over the domestic and global fertilizer industry in 2011 and prospects for Vietnam’s fertilizer industry in 2012.

"Vietnam rice industry in 2011 and outlook for 2012" published by Agroinfo is intended to provide comprehensive and up-to-date analyses of dominant factors over the domestic and global rice industry in 2011 and prospects for Vietnam’s rice industry in 2012.

Vietnam experienced economic downturn together with high inflation, credit frozen, trade deficit losses of a great number of businesses in 2011. In this context, agriculture saved the whole economy, given its remarkable growth rate of 4%, employments generation and export turnover up to 25 billion USD (accounting for 22% of the total export). Agriculture was also the unique sector creating net export surplus of 18 billion USD in 2011.

Vietnam timber sector in 2010 and outlook for 2011 published by Agroinfo is intended to provide comprehensive and up-to-date analyses of dominant factors over the domestic and global timber sector in 2010 and prospects for Vietnam timber sector in 2011.

Vietnam fertilizer in 2010 and outlook for 2011 published by Agroinfo is intended to provide comprehensive and up-to-date analyses of dominant factors over the domestic and global fertilizer sector in 2010 and prospects for Vietnam’s fertilizer sector in 2011.

The recent announcement that Portunas, an Icelandic seafood company, had purchased a pangasius processing plant in Vietnam is yet another example of a foreign firm seeking to gain a foothold in this country’s seafood industry.

The return of coffee futures to gains on Monday, rebounding from losses of some 20% this month, may prove short-lived, as Vietnamese supplies "flood" the market, and South American producers sell.

Pepper on Monday crashed with all the contracts plunging sharply to below double flooring levels on heavy liquidation and bearish activities.

The head of Thailand’s central bank said rice prices should be left to move according to market fundamentals and agreed with the Asian Development Bank’s decision to lower Thailand’s gross domestic production forecast, citing expectations for lower rice exports.