A betel nut drying facility in Dak Lak Province, Vietnam. Photo: Duong Anh Recently, Chinese traders have been aggressively purchasing immature betel nuts from Vietnam, leading to a significant price ...

In an urgent crackdown, a ban on the sale and consumption of betel nut across Port Moresby has been in force for three-and-a-half years. It had been estimated that £500,000 worth was traded in ...

Despite exporting a significant volume of betel nuts to the Chinese market, Vietnam’s imports of this commodity have also surged, with values increasing by 324% in the first eight months of the year.

Two decades after betel nut was classified as carcinogenic, sales are still sparsely regulated in most parts of the world, ...