Rubber industry earns profit of VND 4 trillion

In 2006, the rubber industry put more than 12,400 hectares of land to rubber plantation, bringing the total acreage under the industrial crop nationwide to almost 39,000 hectares with one hectare of rubber trees yielding between 1.83-1.95 tonnes of latex.

The industry also processed 325,900 tonnes of rubber latex, 9.9% or 29,000 tonnes more than last year's figures.