Coffee crop is bountiful thanks to replanting.

Coffee in Ho Chi Minh City is currently in its harvest season, with both a bumper crop and good prices, bringing profits to growers and motivating farmers to develop this crop.

Mr. Truong Van Minh's family (Loc Hoa hamlet, Binh Gia commune) has 7 sao (approximately 0.7 hectares) of dwarf green coffee trees currently being harvested. Mr. Minh stated that he has nearly 20 years of experience in coffee cultivation. Previously, he planted a local variety with low yields, so he switched to growing dwarf green coffee. This year, he expects to harvest over 1.4 tons of coffee beans from his 7 sao of dwarf green coffee. The current selling price of coffee is between 95,000 and 98,000 VND per kilogram.

“This year’s coffee price is lower than last year at 100,000 VND/kg, but the high coffee yield compensates for it, so farmers are still making a profit. With the current selling price of green coffee beans, after deducting expenses, my family expects to earn more than 100 million VND in profit,” Mr. Minh happily said.

The coffee cherries are ripe, red, and uniformly large, demonstrating the effectiveness of replanting and selecting dwarf green coffee varieties. Photo: Song Binh .

Meanwhile, Mr. Nguyen Van Cuong (Lac Long hamlet, Kim Long commune) has over 1 hectare of dwarf green coffee plants, 6-7 years old, that are currently being harvested. He expects this year's harvest from over 1 hectare to yield more than 3 tons. Mr. Cuong estimates that the cost of caring for the coffee plants each season is over 90 million VND. With a selling price of around 100,000 VND/kg, after deducting expenses, he expects a profit of approximately 200 million VND per hectare. "Coffee is currently fetching good prices and is easy to sell. We farmers don't have enough to sell; traders buy everything we produce," Mr. Cuong said.

After a long period of low prices, coffee prices began to improve in the 2023 crop year, doubling from 65,000 VND to 115,000-120,000 VND/kg in the 2024 crop year. This year, coffee prices are lower than last year but still remain high, fluctuating around 100,000 VND/kg. This price level still provides profit for coffee growers, even though this year's weather has somewhat affected production. Coffee farmers say that if coffee prices remain stable as they are now, they will make a profit and have a strong incentive to maintain and expand their cultivated area and intensify replanting of coffee trees.

Observations in communes such as Kim Long, Binh Gia, and Xuan Son, which are major coffee-growing areas of the city, show that many farmers have maintained and expanded their coffee cultivation areas.

Mr. Ho Xuan Huong (Son Lap hamlet, Xuan Son commune) has more than 6 sao (approximately 0.6 hectares) of replanted coffee trees that are currently being harvested. Mr. Huong said: "After many years of switching to various crops, I realize that coffee is still an easy crop to grow, and the costs of care and harvesting are not as expensive as some other crops."

Farmers in Kim Long commune, Binh Gia district, inspect their dwarf green coffee gardens, which are in full bloom and are a high-yielding, easy-to-care-for variety. Photo: Song Binh .

"This year, coffee prices have risen sharply, bringing good profits to farmers. However, I'm not going to expand my planting area indiscriminately. It takes at least three years from planting to harvesting, and prices fluctuate unpredictably. Therefore, I'm focusing on caring for and improving the quality of my family's replanted coffee plantation to produce high-quality and food-safe products," Mr. Huong said.

Mr. Nguyen Van Cuong (Lac Long hamlet, Xuan Son commune) recently planted 5 sao (approximately 0.5 hectares) of dwarf green coffee trees a year ago and has already yielded his first harvest. Mr. Cuong chose the dwarf green coffee variety because it is less susceptible to disease and grows well. Notably, the 5 sao of coffee trees, planted in October 2025 when they were only about 50cm tall, are now over 1 meter tall, with wide canopies, abundant flowers, and have already yielded their first harvest with large, uniformly sized fruits.

“After several crop changes, I realized that coffee is still the easiest crop to grow and care for, with low fertilizer and pesticide costs, and harvesting isn't too strenuous. Therefore, in addition to my current coffee plantation, I have also removed old, low-yielding pepper plants to plant new coffee. If the selling price remains stable as it is now, farmers won't have to struggle when growing this crop,” Mr. Cuong shared.

In addition, cooperatives have linked up with businesses to supply raw materials for coffee production. Mr. Le Ngoc Can, Chairman of Chau Duc Cocoa Cooperative, said that the agricultural sector has provided fertilizer and other supplies to 17 members of the Chau Duc Cocoa Cooperative - a unit directly involved in coffee cultivation that has a production link with Non La Production and Import-Export Co., Ltd.

“This model will be implemented from 2023 to 2027, with a linked area of ​​8.2 hectares involving 17 households, yielding an average of 3-3.5 tons of coffee beans per hectare. The volume of coffee purchased and guaranteed for participating households in the linkage chain is 25.2-29.4 tons. Since its implementation, this model has helped coffee growers ensure proper cultivation practices, resulting in stable quality and guaranteed output,” Mr. Can said.

Coffee is considered the main crop in the eastern part of Ho Chi Minh City. The high price of coffee from 2023 to the present has brought high incomes, leading many coffee farmers to return to replanting. According to statistics from the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Agriculture and Environment, the total area of ​​coffee cultivation in the city currently reaches nearly 3,000 hectares.

In the coming period, the industry will continue to promote awareness about coffee replanting, strengthen trade promotion, advertising, brand building, and traceability to create high-quality coffee products. At the same time, the Department will also strengthen training and technology transfer on coffee replanting using high-tech methods and good agricultural practices to create high-quality coffee products with market potential.

With coffee prices recovering and demand improving, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Agriculture and Environment advises farmers not to replant coffee trees on a massive scale, but to focus on caring for existing coffee plantations to improve quality.

In addition, farmers intending to replant coffee trees need to choose coffee varieties suitable for the soil and climate, and the coffee seedlings must have a clear origin to ensure the quality of the plants. Farmers should carefully research the market and the demand for coffee beans, and should not rush to plant when prices are high, only to have to cut down the trees when prices fall.

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