A joint project between Vietnam and Cuba on rice production has established 54,000 rice cultivation models with an average yield of 4.36 tonnes of rice per hectare, it was reported at a conference in Havana on December 11. With assistance from the project, Cuba’s Cuban Institute of Grain Research has been able to supply 20 […]
(VOV) – The Philippines’ National Food Authority (NFA) has announced plans to purchase up to 50,000 metric tons of rice from Vietnam and Thailand, according to NFA Director Renan B Dalisay. The purchases are being made to ensure there are adequate inventories on hand in the event of a natural disaster, said Dalisay. Dalisay toured NFA […]
(VOV) – Rice exports have thrived from early this year as the signed contracts remain effective while import demand is high. Huynh The Nang, president of the Vietnam Food Association (VFA) said around 500,000-600,000 tons of rice will be delivered under the futures contracts and 200.000 tons under the commercial contracts that Vietnamese businesses signed […]
Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Bangkok (VNA) – Thailand plans to produce about 25 million tonnes of rice in the 2016-2017 crop instead of the normal production output of between 31-32 million tonnes in the last periods, according to the latest report released by the country’s Ministry of Commerce. The decision to cut output is prompted by […]
Packing line of rice exporter. (Photo: SGGP) According to the Vietnam Food Association (VFA), export of rice in early 2016 has seen more advantages than it did in the same period last year with contracts of 1.3 million tons of rice passed from last year and import demand from large and regular markets coming earlier. […]
According to the association, Viet Nam’s rice exports this year, excluding border trade, are expected to remain at last year’s 6.5 million tonnes. — P HCM CITY (VNS) — Viet Nam will have various advantages in exporting rice this year though it may have to compete with Thai rice in the global export market when […]
HA NOI (VNS) — The El Nino weather event that began last year and has continued into early 2016 has negatively impacted agricultural production in several countries. This has caused a fall in rice supply and stockpiles in many parts of the world. The unfavorable weather condition has forced many countries that traditionally import […]
Workers load rice onto the vessel for exporting in the Mekong Delta. (Photo: SGGP) After analyzing the actual rice export situation in 2015 and rice export potentiality in 2016, Mr. Huynh The Nang, chairman of the Vietnam Food Association (VFA), said that China remains the main rice export market this year with 54 percent of […]
