Trung Nguyen Legend breaks ground on Southeast Asia’s largest coffee factory

Trung Nguyen Legend breaks ground on Southeast Asia’s largest coffee factory

On March 10, Trung Nguyen Legend held the ground-breaking ceremony for the largest coffee factory in Southeast Asia in Tan An 2 Industrial Cluster, Buon Ma Thuot city.

The ground-breaking ceremony of Trung Nguyen Legend energy coffee factory took place as part of the 9^th Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival 2025.

The event marks an important milestone in the efforts of Dak Lak province and Trung Nguyen Legend to elevate the value of the Buon Ma Thuot Robusta coffee beans, affirming Vietnam’s role as a coffee powerhouse globally and transforming Buon Ma Thuot into a “Coffee City of the World.”

In 2024, Vietnam's coffee exports are estimated to reach over $5 billion, making coffee one of the country's top 10 main exports. Among them, Buon Ma Thuot Robusta coffee beans are “creating a global boom,” increasingly popular in coffee powerhouses such as Germany, Italy, China, the United States, Japan, Spain, Indonesia, among others. The growing popularity of Buon Ma Thuot Robusta coffee beans has strongly demonstrated the quality and position of Vietnam as a coffee powerhouse.

Dak Lak province boasts over 200,000 hectares of coffee plantations that yield over 530,000 tonnes annually. However, only 20 per cent of harvested coffee beans undergo deep processing, creating ample room for development. The local authorities encourage businesses to invest in deep processing to raise the added value for coffee beans, as well as meet the growing demand for processed coffee worldwide.

Thus, the groundbreaking ceremony of the Trung Nguyen Legend energy coffee factory is the highlight of the 9^th Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival 2025, marking a positive signal in the province’s efforts to encourage investments in the coffee sector.

Vanusia Nogueira, executive director of the International Coffee Organisation delivered a speech at the groundbreaking ceremony

Addressing the ceremony, Nguyen Tuan Ha, Vice Chairman of Dak Lak People’s Committee said, “Trung Nguyen Legend energy coffee factory is the second factory of the group in the locality. This investment will boost the development of the coffee processing industry, especially deep processing, to complete the diverse coffee ecosystem of Dak Lak. The initiative is also expected to open up new opportunities, create more jobs, improve the lives of local people, and contribute significantly to the local economy.”

With a total investment capital of over $78.3 million, the venture is divided into two phases. In the first phase, with an investment capital of $39.2 million, the Trung Nguyen Legend energy coffee factory is equipped with cutting-edge technologies from Germany and Italy in collaboration with other world-class technology brands.

This is the largest of its kind in Southeast Asia and a key project of Dak Lak. The venture is expected to shape Vietnam’s coffee industry towards a deep and refined processing chain, creating high-value raw materials from coffee that contribute to many other industries.

The perspective view of the Trung Nguyen Legend energy coffee factory that is in line with sustainable, eco-friendly energy and net zero standards

Covering a total area of 50,000 square metres, the factory boasts a maximum construction density of 60 per cent, and a density of trees and water surface of over 20 per cent.

The Trung Nguyen Legend energy coffee factory is designed to be a sustainable, eco-friendly energy coffee factory in line with net-zero standards. At the same time, the architecture draws inspiration from three world-class coffee civilisations: Ottoman – Roman – Zen with indigenous cultural elements.

The entire factory is surrounded by trees, lakes, herbal gardens, basalt, and a modern solar energy system, providing a peaceful, natural, and balanced space for experience and work.

Vanusia Nogueira, executive director of the International Coffee Organisation said, “With the growing demand for Robusta coffee beans globally, we appreciate Trung Nguyen Legend’s efforts to expand and invest in a factory in Buon Ma Thuot. The venture extends beyond economic development to prove a harmonious blend of global vision and indigenous traditions. It sets a model for sustainable development, bringing benefits to farmers, communities, and consumers around the world.”

This is the fifth factory in the Trung Nguyen Legend Group's coffee factory system in Vietnam and the second factory in Buon Ma Thuot. The new coffee factory underscores the group’s next step in the journey to raise the value of Buon Ma Thuot Robusta coffee beans while contributing to the socioeconomic development of Buon Ma Thuot and Dak Lak.

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