VietNamNet Bridge – The Philippines plans to import 1.7 million tons of rice this year and even more next year, giving Vietnamese exporters a chance to bid on big contracts, the Vietnam New Agency quoted Francis Pangilinan, advisor to President Benigno Aquino, as saying. The Philippines last year said they would begin a self-sufficiency drive […]
Thailand’s relevant government agencies have been assigned to work in an integrated manner for the management of the entire rice production system, which comprises short-term, medium-term, and long-term measures. The Rice Policy and Management Committee, chaired by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, met on October 6 to discuss the measures. According to the Prime Minister, in […]
Thailand’s rice shipments are expected to reach 11 million tonnes this year thanks to price competitiveness and the government’s accelerated attempt to dispose of stocks, according to Bangkok Post newspaper. Thai Ministry of Commerce has sold 1 million tonnes of rice to China , 170,000 tonnes to Indonesia and 300,000 tonnes to the Philippines in […]
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has predicted that Vietnam’s rice exports would increase by six percent year-on-year to 6.9 million tonnes in 2014. The organisation attributed the increase to the country’s rising paddy yield and the rising demand of Asian markets, including Indonesia, Malaysia, China and the Philippines. FAO estimated Vietnam’s paddy […]
The crop protection market in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam generated some US$291.5 million in revenue in the first six months of this year, more than three-quarters of which were from fungicide and insecticide, a German market research firm said Wednesday in a press release. More than 23 million metric tons of crop protection products, […]
CAN THO – The volume of rice export contracts clinched by members of the Vietnam Food Association (VFA) with foreign buyers has hit 6.5 million tons, exceeding the year’s forecast by at least 200,000 tons, a source told the Daily. The source from Can Tho City’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development said VFA […]
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 […]