A number of Singaporean businesses paid due attention to Vietnamese rice, especially Jasmine rice, and affirmed that they will continue to import the Vietnamese rice. The statement was made during a two-day working visit to Singapore early this week led by Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh. During the meeting with Singaporean […]
The 34th meeting of the ASEAN Food Security Reserve Board (AFSRB) convened in Vientiane, Laos, on June 5 with the participation of 36 delegates from the 10 member countries. At the function, the officials heard progress reports on a programme ensuring regional food security, and the implementation of the ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve […]
Rice exports to Thailand plummeted in the first four months of the year as a result of that country’s surplus, which reached record levels at the end of 2013. Between January and April, Cambodia exported just 1,550 tonnes of rice to Thailand, down 89 per cent from the 14,250 tonnes shipped in the same period […]
Deputy spokesman of the Thai National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), Col. Nathawat Chancharoen has said that the Finance Ministry and the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives will dole out 92 billion THB (2.88 billion USD) to pay farmers who mortgaged rice with the government but have not been paid. Nathawat made the statement after […]
The Philippines’ National Food Authority (NFA) is expected to import an additional 100,000 tons of 25% broken rice from Vietnam at a price of US$416 per ton. The director of a big rice export enterprise in the Mekong Delta region told the Daily that the NFA rejected the bids of Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia at […]
The Philippines National Food Authority (NFA) has awarded import rights to 13 traders for an initial volume of 255,348 MT of rice, less than half of the amount approved for private sector purchases this year. Although no details of the price or origin of the rice were released, Gilbert Lauengco, special assistant to the NFA […]
The ambassador told the press that Indonesia has the highest consumption rate in the world for rice. Some 250 million people in Indonesia eat rice HA NOI (VNS) — Indonesia plans to import one million tonnes of rice from Viet Nam to meet the country’s high demand, according to Indonesian Ambassador to Viet Nam Mayerfas. […]
(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 […]
