HANOI: Vietnam's coffee exports in March were up 38.1% from February at 169,624 tonnes, while rice exports in the same period rose 74.7% against the preceding month, government customs data released on Monday showed.

For the first three months of 2021, Vietnam exported 456,010 tonnes of coffee, down 12.2% from a year earlier, Vietnam Customs said in a statement.

Coffee export revenue in the Jan-Mar period fell 7.0% to around $808.75 million, it said.

Meanwhile, Vietnam's rice exports in March were up 74.7% from the previous month at 539,040 tonnes, the statement said.

The country's rice exports in the first three months fell 25% year on year to 1.192 million tonnes, it said.