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Superior quality rice yields hope for Vietnamese farmers

Experts at a recent conference in Ho Chi Minh City urged Vietnam agriculture to move away from high yield to superior quality rice varieties to best compete with other rice exporters in the Asian region such as India and Thailand                                   The European Union will offer the Vietnamese ...

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Positive signals in rice exports

Rice exports have shown many positive signals since May 2017 after overcoming the continuous decline. Increased exports Phan Thi Dieu Ha, deputy director of the Agency of Foreign Trade under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, said rice export turnover has gone up after a period of sharp decline thanks to efforts of the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Agriculture ...

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Huge potential for Vietnam’s rice exports to Singapore

There remains considerable potential for Vietnam to export rice to Singapore, according to a Vietnamese delegation which visited Singapore in early August to seek ways to boost the shipment of agricultural products to this country.   Harvesting rice in Vi Thanh commune, Vi Thanh district of the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang - Photo: VNA The delegation included representatives from the Ministry of ...

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Hopeful first quarter results for rice exporters

Preliminary data from the General Department of Vietnam Customs show that Vietnam exported 1.29 million tonnes of rice in the first quarter of this year, earning US$565.2 million. In March, 550,722 tonnes were exported bringing in US$251.4 million, up 36.8 percent in volume and 47.2 percent in value compared with February. The March results reflected improvements in rice exports and raised hopes of new ...

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Rice exports of Vietnam face tough year ahead

Vietnam farmers face another difficult year as confidence falters with industry analysts particularly pessimistic the country will reach overseas sales of more than five million metric tons in 2017 the Vietnam Food Association has said Speaking at a recent industry forum in Ho Chi Minh City, Huynh Minh Hue, secretary of the Association, noted that in 2016 rice exports dropped 25.5% in volume and ...

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Rice exports hit US$1.9 billion

Vietnam exported 368,000 tons of rice in October to get US$164 million, bringing the total rice export volume for 10 months leading up to November to 4.2 million tons with a value of US$1.9 billion, down 21.2% in volume and 16.9% in value against the corresponding period last year. According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam had to lower the export ...

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