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Can Coffee Save the Vietnamese Economy?

As inefficient state-owned business drag down Vietnam’s economy with bad debt, other sectors must pick up the slack. In times of economic stagnation, the country has one fallback - agriculture.

While Vietnam has become one of the world’s top rice exporters, coffee may be the saving grace of the economy.

BBC chief business correspondent, Linda Yueh, looks at whether coffee production can give the economy there the boost it needs. Check out the video report here.

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