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International Symposium, China, 2004
VIETNAM’S SUGARCANE PRODUCTION
Dr. Nguyen Duc Quang, Mr. Ha Dinh Tuan
Institute of Sugarcane Research, Phu An, Ben Cat district, Binh Duong Province, Vietnam
Mobile phone: (84) 913867107; Office: (84)650580552; Private: (84)650817203
FAX: (84)650562267; E-mail: nguyen_duc_quang@yahoo.com
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Vietnam’s sugarcane industry has been developing in recent years, with 44 sugar
factories and capacity of processing about 90.000 tons per day. The Vietnam Government is
fostering a plan that would lead to sugar self-sufficiency and eventually a transmition to an
exportable supply situation.
Vietnam’s domestic sugar industry is based on the production of sugarcane, which is
widely grown throughout the country, especially in the South. The area planted to sugarcane
has been gradually expanding in recent years. According to Government statistics, sugarcane
averaged 150.000 hectares in early 1990’s; reached 165.000 hectares in the 1994-1995
season; by 1998-1999 season 250.000 hectares were covered by this crop. The 2003-2004
season 305.000 hectares were under sugarcane cultivation, with an average productivity of
47.5 tons cane per hectare. About 80% of this is concentrated in the South of Vietnam. The
yield and quality of cane were still low, the reasons are damage of bores and unsuitable
technices, it needs advantage in the future.
Introduction
In Vietnam cane is generally grown on ramified condition in 1993 there were 143.200
hectares of sugarcane in 39 of 53 provinces. These areas have been increasing to 305.000
hectares in 45 of 61 provinces in 2004. In the Mekong Delta region the leading producing
provinces have been Long An, Tay Ninh, Ben Tre and Hau Giang. In the Central Coast the
leading provinces have been Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh and the largest concentrations of
sugarcane are currently in Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Hoa Binh provinces. Cane yield in Vietnam
have been averaging between 45 – 50 tons per hectare with a 10.5 – 11.0% CCS and a high
fiber content of 12 – 135. The goal of the Government is to lif yields to the more than 70 tons
per hectare level and increase the cane quality.
Production of cane averaged between 6.1 and 11.4 million tons in the mid 1990’s and
reached 14.5 million in the 2003-2004 season. Although the expansion of sugarcane area in
recent years indicates that the cane has become more profitable in the Agri-system, but the
profit from sugarcane production still is low. The Vietnam Government’s goal is to reduce the
area under sugarcane cultivation to less than 25,000 hectares and raise the yield to more than
70 tons per hectares. The areas under sugarcane cultivation in Vietnam were divided in to 5
zones including as follow:
- The highland of the Northeast: The areas under sugarcane production are low and
unconcentrate, because of high slope. The winter season is dry and cold conducting to low
cane yield, but high cane quality.
- The Red river Delta: The land is fertile and the area of sugarcane under cultivated is
unconcentrate. The cane yield is high, but the cane quality is normal.
- The Central Coast: The quality of land and rainfall are low, but sunshine levels is
higher. The Agri-climate conducting to low cane yield and high cane quality.
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