Vietnam to sign pact with Brazil for ethanol fuel

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam said on Monday it had approved a plan with Brazil to produce ethanol fuel in Vietnam.

Hanoi said in a government directive it had assigned Minister of Industry Hoang Trung Hai to sign an agreement with Brazil, the world's top ethanol exporter, to share ethanol fuel technologies.

In Brazil, ethanol fuel, a biofuel alternative to gasoline, is produced from sugar cane.

The directive did not provide details of the plan.