Nestle Viet Nam Co Ltd is to build a new factory in Vietnam’s southern Dong Nai province. 

The $16m plant will process, pack and produce instant noodles, beverages, grain, coffee, fruit juice and spice.  In August the Switzerland-based food giant announced a $270m investment in a new coffee factory in the same province, due to begin operations in 2013. 

The new coffee facility will produce Nescafe for both local consumption and export.

According to Rashid Aleem Qureshi, managing director of Nestle Vietnam, the soluble coffee market in Vietnam is currently growing at a double digit rate.