Trami storm does not affect Vietnam's coffee crop, traders say

By Phuong Nguyen and Mas Alina Arafin HANOI/BANDAR LAMPUNG, INDONESIA (Reuters) - Vietnam’s coffee fields were not affected by Tropical Storm Trami, which briefly hit the country’s central region, although heavy rains were reported in the country’s growing region, traders said on Thursday. Storm Trami hit Vietnam on Sunday, bringing rain to the Central Highlands for two days, but traders said it had not damaged the crop. “There was concern that the rains could disrupt harvesting activities, but farmers have only just harvested about 5 percent of the crop so the impact is small,” a trader in the coffee belt said. “We still have to monitor the weather closely until Christmas,” the trader said, adding that the past two days had been sunny. Farmers in the Central Highlands, Vietnam’s largest coffee-growing region, sold beans for 108,200-108,600 dong ($4.28-4.30), down slightly from 109,000-110,000 dong last week. Traders offered robusta coffee at a discount of $10-30 per tonne to the ...