Nhan Dan Online – The Mekong Delta has recently shipped around 42,000 tonnes of rice abroad, lifting Vietnam’s total shipments, as of June 15, to 2.5 million tonnes in volume and US$1 billion in value, equaling the same period in 2013. These figures were reported by the Southwest Stering Committee (SSC), which went on to […]
The Vietnam Northern Food Corporation (Vinafood 1) recently won a contract to provide 30,000 tonnes of jasmine rice for Iraq worth US$668 per tonnes (C&F). The US and Uruguay also won bids to ship 30,000 and 60,000 tonnes of rice to Iraq respectively at the price of US$717 a tonne (C&F). Vinafood1 recently paid a […]
VietNamNet Bridge – A Government programme to create a temporary stockpile of one million tonnes of rice from the winter-spring crop has ensured that many farmers in the Cuu Long (Mekong) River Delta earned profits, a meeting heard yesterday (June 11) in Long An Province. To prevent prices from falling during the peak rice […]
VietNamNet Bridge – Most Vietnamese exports to China, either through official channels or across the border, have been meeting obstacles, except for rice. Experts question why this is happening. Advisor to the Vietnam Food Association (VFA) Truong Thanh Phong said Chinese merchants have been stepping up rice imports from Vietnam recently. This has led to […]
The summer autumn rice crop’s productivity in the Mekong Delta provinces has increased thanks to fine weather, which has reduced insects & diseases, helped famers to save costs, according to the Mekong Delta Rice Research Institute on June 8. The Mekong Delta has about 1.7 million hectares of summer autumn rice expected to yield 7-8 million […]
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 […]
(VOV) – Vietnamese rice exports to China increased 2.39% in volume and 4.94% in value during the first four months of the year, according to statistics from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Vietnam grossed US$392.46 million in revenues from shipping 913,957 tonnes to China, which accounted for 41.75% of the country’s total rice […]
VietNamNet Bridge – China, with its huge population of 1.4 billion, may lack food in the near future, which could give Vietnam an opportunity to gain superiority in rice trading with China. But recent tensions in the East Sea have raised concerns that Vietnamese rice sales are in danger. Vietnam’s agricultural production, which depends on […]
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 […]
Vietnam shipped abroad nearly 300,000 tonnes of rice in the first three week of May, bringing its total rice export volume to over 2 million tonnes since the start of this year, according to the Vietnam Food Association (VFA). In May, Asia remains Vietnam’s largest rice importer, consuming 177,000 tonnes, making up 57.3% of the […]
