Nguyen Quoc Hung, 26, on Monday beat five other
finalists to win The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf''s 2015 Viet Nam Barista
Competition and qualify for this year''s International Barista to be held
in Bandung, Indonesia, on July 28.
Tourists visiting the Tay Nguyen (Central Highland)
region, the country''s largest coffee cultivation area, will see the
beauty of ripening coffee orchards as the region is entering the coffee
harvest season.
A few days after internationally-renowned Starbucks
Coffee opened its first shop in Ha Noi, people still had to queue up for
a cup of American-styled coffee.
With a blend of tradition and modernity, Sai Gon, officially known
as Ho Chi Minh City, has recently offered a wide range of coffee shops
for trendy Asian youth.
Dang Le Coffee Tourism Centre, the first centre of
its kind in Buon Ma Thuot City in the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands)
province of Dak Lak, has opened at 45 Ly Tu Trong Street.
Having succeed in opening a series of European style cafes in HCM City,
La Nguyen Tung Lam has introduced his own brand, Cafe Da Sai Gon, (Sai
Gon Ice coffee) in the central Da Nang city.
Number 4 seed Nam trounced CRC Mauricio Arrea 6-0, 6-0 in the first
round of the International Tennis Federation''s 50th Coffee Bowl
tournament in Costa Rica.
The new ambassador of Vietnamese coffee is 22-year-old Nguyen Lam Diem
Trang, a student at the HCM City National University who emerged
victorious in the Queen of Coffee pageant held on Sunday night in the
Central Highlands province of Dak Lak.
