AsemconnectVietnam - Vietnam's coffee exports for January are estimated to have risen 25.1 percent from the previous year, while rice shipments have risen 34.4 percent, the government said.

COFFEE
Coffee exports from Vietnam will rise an estimated 25.1 percent in January from a year ago to 175,000 tonnes, equal to 2.92 million 60-kg bags, the General Statistics Office said in a report on Monday.
Coffee export revenue will rise an estimated 7.7 percent annually to $340 million, the report also said.

RICE
Rice exports from the world's third-largest shipper of the grain were forecast to rise 34.4 percent to 450,000 tonnes in January. Revenue from rice exports in the month was seen jumping 49.6 percent year-on-year to $214 million.

ENERGY
Vietnam's January crude oil exports fell 21.4 percent year-on-year to an estimated 400,000 tonnes, or 95,000 barrels per day (bpd).
Crude oil export revenue in January fell 13 percent to $191 million.
Oil product imports in the month increased 3.5 percent from the same time last year to an estimated 900,000 tonnes, while the value of the product imports rose 10.8 percent to $552 million.

Vietnam's January liquefied petroleum gas imports increased 25.3 percent from a year earlier to 130,000 tonnes.
Source: Reuters.com