- CEO
- Thu Hang Thi Dang
- Full Time Employees
- 222
- Sector
- Process industries
- Industry
- Agricultural commodities/Milling
- Address
- Kon Tum Vietnam
- IPO Date
- Dec 31, 2010
- Business
- Kon Tum Sugar Joint Stock Company (HNX: KTS) is a Vietnam-based agribusiness and food processing enterprise engaged in the manufacturing, processing, and distribution of refined sugar, sugarcane by-products, and agricultural inputs. The company operates across several integrated business segments, including sugar refining, agricultural supply distribution, biomass power generation, packaging manufacturing, and technical farming support services. Its primary product and service offerings comprise refined plantation white sugar (RS sugar) supplied to industrial food and beverage manufacturers, commercial wholesalers, and retail consumers; raw sugar and molasses utilized across the animal feed, brewing, and biochemical industries; sugarcane bagasse and organic bio-fertilizers; agricultural materials, including mineral fertilizers, crop protection chemicals, and high-yield seed cane; polypropylene and polyethylene woven packaging bags; co-generated biomass electricity produced from bagasse combustion for factory operations and grid transmission; and agricultural contracting services, including mechanized harvesting, raw cane transport logistics, and agro-industrial equipment installation. The company operates an integrated processing plant with a crushing capacity of approximately 1,500 metric tons of sugarcane per day, distributing products across Central Vietnam, the Central Highlands, Ho Chi Minh City, and the Southeastern region. Founded in 1995 as the state-owned Kon Tum Sugar Factory, equitized in 2008, and listed on the Hanoi Stock Exchange in 2010, the company is headquartered in Kon Tum City, Kon Tum Province, Vietnam. In recent operational and strategic developments, Kon Tum Sugar has completed comprehensive technical overhauls and equipment upgrades across its milling and refining lines to optimize extraction rates, lower energy consumption, and resolve logistical bottlenecks. To secure long-term raw cane supplies amid heightened land competition from commercial crops, the company has partnered with local farmer cooperatives and municipal authorities to expand its dedicated high-tech sugarcane cultivation zone toward a target of 2,000 hectares through agricultural extension support, input financing, and structured off-take agreements. Furthermore, the company has restructured its inventory management and commercial pricing mechanisms to mitigate domestic price pressures stemming from cross-border trade dynamics, while continuing active shareholder capital management through steady annual cash dividend distributions.