Vietnam produces more sugar
Tuesday, 19 June 2007
HANOI, June 18 (Xinhua): Vietnam's sugar plants churned out over 1.1 million tons of the product in the 2006-2007 sugarcane crop ending in June, up 51.7 per cent over the previous crop, local newspaper People reported today.
In the 2006-2007 sugarcane crop, households nationwide also turned out some 100,000 tons of sugar using simple production methods. Meanwhile, Vietnam harvested 17 million tons of sugarcane from 310,100 hectares of the plant, up 25.9 per cent and 17 per cent, respectively.
Vietnam has decided to maintain sugarcane acreage at 300,000 hectares, and sugar annual production of 1.5 million tons from now to 2010. Meanwhile, it will not build any new sugar plants, said the report.
In the 2006-2007 sugarcane crop, households nationwide also turned out some 100,000 tons of sugar using simple production methods. Meanwhile, Vietnam harvested 17 million tons of sugarcane from 310,100 hectares of the plant, up 25.9 per cent and 17 per cent, respectively.
Vietnam has decided to maintain sugarcane acreage at 300,000 hectares, and sugar annual production of 1.5 million tons from now to 2010. Meanwhile, it will not build any new sugar plants, said the report.