Vietnamese pepper: Exporting billions of dollars but still struggling with the issue of seeds

Source: Vietnamplus.vn Despite entering the group of billion-dollar agricultural exports with a value of nearly 1.3 billion USD after 9 months of 2025, Vietnam's pepper industry is facing a major challenge from the issue of crop varieties. In the context of complex diseases and increasingly severe climate change, maintaining the yield and quality of pepper is becoming a problem if there is no fundamental investment solution for varieties. Pepper prices are forecast to remain high in the coming period due to a decline in global supply, while the world market demand is showing a trend of recovery. However, the growth in export value does not bring about a corresponding development in the work on varieties. This is the biggest bottleneck in the production chain and the decisive factor for the sustainable development of the pepper industry in the coming years. Dr. Phan Viet Ha, Deputy Director in charge of the Western Highlands Agricultural Science and Technology Institute (WASI) said ...