Vietnam is one of the world's largest coffee producers, second just to Brazil. There are 600,000 hectares of coffee growing area in Vietnam that is the main source of income for 1 million people.

Civet coffee, also known as kopi luwak, is a coffee made from beans extracted from the droppings of the Asian palm civet. The post What is civet coffee? The answer might surprise you appeared first on ...

The CIVETS markets are the "new" BRIC emerging-market economies. Trends to Watch . ... Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey and South Africa) to be among the world's hottest markets in the decade to come.

Vietnam has banned the import of civet cats from China and will destroy all those imported illegally in a bid to prevent the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), officials say.

VietNamNet Bridge - Save Vietnam's Wildlife has launched a campaign to preserve Owston's palm civet, a rare species in Vietnam. Nearly 2,000 copies of posters and calendars to highlight the importance ...

Bird flu has killed three rare cat-like civets born in captivity at a national park in Vietnam, marking the first time the virus has been reported in the species, officials said Friday. “It’s ...

A large-spotted civet, a species that was believed to be extinct in Vietnam, has been spotted in the Phong Dien Nature Reserve in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue. The civet is one of nine ...

HANOI, March 11 (Reuters) - Bird flu killed four civets in a Vietnamese national park, the second time the rare type of mammal was reported to have died there of the H5N1 virus since 2005, a park ...

Two cat-like mammals from Vietnam, successfully bred at a north Cornwall zoo, arrive back in their native country. Newquay bred Owston's civets arrive in Vietnam - BBC News We've updated our ...

The new female, which is a native species of Vietnam, Laos and China, is one of only 17 civets currently living in captivity, according to the BBC. She was born a triplet, though sadly her two ...