Vietnam is forecast to produce 45 million tonnes of paddy rice this year, up almost 800,000 tonnes over 2013, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD). By mid-September, farmers in southern and Mekong Delta’s provinces harvested summer-autumn rice on 1.81 million hectares, with average yields up 120 kg per hectare compared to […]
Over 4 million tonnes of rice were exported from the Mekong Delta by September 20, representing 64.2 percent of the region’s annual rice export target, the same as last year. Rice exports generated 1.84 billion USD in revenue for regional localities, the Steering Committee for the Southwestern region said. Between now and the end of […]
HANOI – The agriculture ministry aims high for rice farming, targeting to raise the export price of the staple food to around US$600-800 a ton in 2020 compared to the current price of US$452, said an official at a conference in Hanoi on September 24. Pham Dong Quang, deputy head of the Cultivation Department […]
The Vietnam Southern Food Corporation has signed a contract to export 200,000 tons of five percent and 25 percent broken rice to Indonesia, said the Vietnam Food Association. Delivery will be made from October to December, according to the association. Businesses have so far singed contracts to export six million tons of rice, very close […]
Several businesses have rushed to buy rice for export contracts amid price increase in the Mekong Delta where the summer autumn crop has entered peak harvest time. Traders paid VND5,300 a kilogram of fresh rice, which fetched only VND4,300-4,500 a month ago, said farmer Tran Van Het from Tam Binh District, Vinh Long Province. Businesses […]
Experts said opportunities are waiting for Vietnamese enterprises to boost rice exports in the final months of the year as the Philippine government plans to import an additional 400,000 tons of rice and China’s demand is bouncing back. According to the National Food Authority (NFA) of the Philippines, the country intends to buy 400,000 tons […]
The Mekong Delta is amid the harvest time of summer autumn rice whose prices have increased ensuring farmers’ profit. Trader Huynh Phu Loc from Lai Vung District, Dong Thap Province said that they paid VND5,000-5,100 per kilogram of fresh normal rice and VND5,200-5,300 a kilogram of fresh long grain rice. Fragrant rice price is as […]
Prices of rice in the domestic market have recovered as exporters have boosted their purchases thanks to positive signs of export markets in the third quarter. Low-grade IR 50404 paddy (unhusked rice) in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap now sells for VND4,200-4,250 per kilo, rising VND200 against last week, while IR 50404 rice […]
Farmers in Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta have harvested one-fourth of the summer-autumn rice, with an average yield of 5.6 tonnes per ha, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Plant Cultivation Department. The yield this year has been good, but heavy rains and winds in recent days have flattened many rice fields in […]
The restructuring of rice farming in the Mekong Delta should focus on improving farmers’ incomes and sustainable development, experts told a recent seminar in Can Tho city. Le Van Banh, head of the Cuu Long Delta Rice Research Institute, said though the rice cultivation area and output increase every year farmers remain poor. The main […]
