HCM City (VNA) - The Vietnam Cafe Show 2019 opens in Ho Chi Minh City on May 2.
According to the organiser – Exporum Inc, the three-dayexhibition is participated by representatives of 150 leading brands, includingRich Products Vietnam, Cubes Asia, Milklab, Punto Italia, and VP Milk, alongsideinternational firms from Peru, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore,among others.
The event aims to form networks in the coffee industry, andhelp domestic companies showcase their products and services and know moreabout modern coffee technologies.
Also featured in the event is the Vietnam National BaristaChampionship, the first coffee making competition in Vietnam up to the worldcoffee event standards. Winners of the competition will continue competing inthe World Barista Championship in Melbourne, Australia, in May 2020.
The Vietnam National Latte Art Championship will be held forthe first time on the sidelines of the show, with its winner securing a spot atthe World Latte Art Championship in Berlin this June.
Another competition to thrill visitors to the show is theVietnam Signature Battle, a national beverage tournament in search of new drinkrecipes for the growing food and beverage market in Vietnam. The champion willpocket a prize of up to 5,000 USD and have a chance to join training coursesand compete at the World Signature Battle 2019 in Seoul.
A “Coffee Talk” workshop by speakers from the sector willalso open, welcoming anyone interested in the Vietnamese coffee market.
Vietnam has about 664,000 hectares of coffee plantations. Itsells coffee to 80 countries and territories worldwide for more than 3 billionUSD annually, accounting for 14 percent of the global market share and 10.4percent of the global export value. However, only 7 percent of exportedVietnamese coffee products are processed.
Last year, the show attracted over 100 leading local andinternational coffee brands, along with beverage and pastry businesses.-VNA
Around 100 exhibitors and 20,000 visitors will take part in the country’s biggest coffee exhibition, the 2017 Cafe Show Vietnam, to be held in HCM City next week.
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Scene at the event (Photo: VNA) 
