This year, Vietnam surpassed Brazil as the world's biggest coffee exporter, and the country is trying to shake its reputation as a lower quality exporter.
Vietnam's Coffee Industry
![Ripening coffee cherries at a coffee farm in Buon Ma Thuot, Vietnam. (D. Schearf/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/ee583bb8-4b82-4da1-b646-d382753278a3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ripening coffee cherries at a coffee farm in Buon Ma Thuot, Vietnam. (D. Schearf/VOA)
![Farmer Ma Chuong shows the drip irrigation system (D. Schearf/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/a10386c7-d6f8-412e-a180-cd46a470cae6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Farmer Ma Chuong shows the drip irrigation system (D. Schearf/VOA)
![Green coffee cherries. (D. Schearf/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/75f2eefc-a839-4f7f-8c28-7f36940ee816_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Green coffee cherries. (D. Schearf/VOA)
![Coffee beans being sorted and cleaned at the factory in Buon Ma Thuot. (D. Schearf/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/7cee5a08-bb85-48cc-92c2-1fcf61b1b9f5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Coffee beans being sorted and cleaned at the factory in Buon Ma Thuot. (D. Schearf/VOA)
![Beans being sorted and cleaned at the factory. (D. Schearf/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/744e4814-7cba-4c8e-b905-dd623ed6c4e6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Beans being sorted and cleaned at the factory. (D. Schearf/VOA)
![Coffee beans being sorted at the factory. (D. Schearf/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/9cdcd9f2-2f84-449b-9a55-6841357f05eb_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Coffee beans being sorted at the factory. (D. Schearf/VOA)
![Vietnam's drip style coffee uses a steel filter and press. (D. Schearf/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/7f502851-f27d-4835-bd21-c5d8fc9aca88_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Vietnam's drip style coffee uses a steel filter and press. (D. Schearf/VOA)
![Vietnam mainly produces Robusta beans (D. Schearf/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/d3a86940-b522-40c5-8ad9-832fa0d435d4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Vietnam mainly produces Robusta beans (D. Schearf/VOA)
![A Vietnamese-style coffee demonstration. (D. Schearf/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/d9246925-3ed1-47c7-84e7-ab45ce600688_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Vietnamese-style coffee demonstration. (D. Schearf/VOA)
![Dang Le Nguyen, chairman of Trung Nguyen Coffee Company, wants to make Vietnam a "coffee holy land." (D. Schearf/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/0b1b40b0-f678-4145-a817-233ba93681c1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Dang Le Nguyen, chairman of Trung Nguyen Coffee Company, wants to make Vietnam a "coffee holy land." (D. Schearf/VOA)
![A waiter serves Vietnamese-style coffee in Ho Chi Minh City. (D. Schearf/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/731dcce2-df9f-42fc-834d-f6a62abe7f6b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A waiter serves Vietnamese-style coffee in Ho Chi Minh City. (D. Schearf/VOA)