... INTRODUCTION 1.1 PROBLEM STATEMENT Dak Nong and Binh Phuoc provinces are typical upland in Vietnam. There are approximately 20% and 40% ethnic minorities in corresponding Binh Phuoc and Dak ... including farmers, traders and manufacturing companies. For farmers, it is to explore three main areas namely, general households’ information, transaction behaviors and factors determining farmgate ... introduction we provide a brief literature. Section three introduces the cashew nut industry in Vietnam. Section four explores the main research results including value added analysis, descriptive...