Vinacafe Bien Hoa has broken ground on its third coffee processing plant in Long Thanh Industrial Zone in the southern province of Dong Nai.

With total investment capital of VND500 billion (US$25 million), the new plant has a design capacity of 3,200 tonnes per year, a four-fold and forty-fold increase in capacity compared with its second and first plants, respectively.

The plant will go into operation in the first quarter of 2013 and creating 600 domestic jobs.