Raw material is supplied by contract farmers (from their own fields). The company raises a 10 ha model farm in the factory and demonstration fields over 20 ha in communes. Another sourse of information says 44 hecta in 2016 : http://tuoitrenews.vn/business/34126/ethanol-plants-in-troubles-as-vietnams-plan-to-boost-biofuel-fails

Raw material is supplied by contract farmers (from their own fields). The company raises a 10 ha model farm in the factory and demonstration fields over 20 ha in communes.

In the southern province of Binh Phuoc, the Ethanol Binh Phuoc plant, developed by Orient Bio-fuels Co. for $84 million, has also been closed after only a short trial run. See http://tuoitrenews.vn/business/34126/ethanol-plants-in-troubles-as-vietnams-plan-to-boost-biofuel-fails

“Considered as one of 12 weak and loss-making projects of the Industry and Trade industry. The project is still in a state of disrepair despite having undergone a period of poor handling. Completion and be in commercial operation from April 2012 to April 2013, the project stopped production due to difficulties in the output product market leading to losses. See: https://baodautu.vn/nha-may-nhien-lieu-sinh-hoc-binh-phuoc-lo-luy-ke-1450-ty-dong-d122891.html

Weeds and grass now cover the 44 hectare facility, and only a handful of people remain in charge of taking care of the plant. See http://tuoitrenews.vn/business/34126/ethanol-plants-in-troubles-as-vietnams-plan-to-boost-biofuel-fails

"The latest report on the project shows that, at present, it is being implemented under Option 1 (temporarily suspending the Plant and reopening it when convenient). However, in fact, the equity was negative; The more time goes on, the more accumulated losses, bank debt, and negative equity will increase. The Government's assessment said that the implementation under Option 2 (financial leasing - sale of assets) has not been implemented because there are no interested partners, while the implementation under Option 3 (initiation) operation, re-operating the Plant and selling/divesting PVOil's capital) is also difficult, PVOil has worked with many partners to divest but to no avail." See: https://baodautu.vn/nha-may-nhien-lieu-sinh-hoc-binh-phuoc-lo-luy-ke-1450-ty-dong-d122891.html