Hanoi, Sept. 5 -- In the 2024-2025 crop, Vietnam maintained its position as the regional leader in sugar productivity, reaching 6.69 tonnes of sugar per hectare, outpacing other major producers such as Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines. At a conference reviewing the crop and discussing plans for 2025-2026, held in Hanoi on September 5, Nguyen Van Loc, Chairman of the Vietnam Sugarcane and Sugar Association (VSSA), reported that Vietnam's mills had completed crushing by June, producing more than 1.266 million tonnes of sugar, an increase of 14.2% compared with the previous season. According to the association's consolidated figures from operating sugar mills, total harvested cane area for the 2024-2025 season reached 189,360 hectares...