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Rice price rises on China’s strong demand

HCMC – The local rice price has inched up slightly by VND200-300 per kilogram compared to previous days right after a plan of buying one million tons of rice for temporary storage was launched thanks to increasing orders from China.

Vietnam’s rice to benefit from Thai price hike

Vietnam’s rice to benefit from Thai price hike

Thailand is hiking its rice export prices this Friday, creating great opportunities for Vietnamese rice exporters

High price pushes back rice export

HCMC - Due to a strong surge in domestic rice price, August saw rice export of only 435,500 tons worth US$209 million, or slightly over 50% of the target set by the Vietnam Food Association (VFA).

Rice price in upward spiral

Rice price in upward spiral

HCMC – The local rice price has increased 16% over the past one month, boosted by fresh demand of Indonesia and the rising price of Thai rice, though the Vietnam Food Association (VFA) has aborted a scheme to stockpile one million tons of rice in July.

Thailand’s
higher rice price seen buoying Vietnam
exports

Thailand’s higher rice price seen buoying Vietnam exports

HCMC – The recent Thai rice price hike may prompt importing countries to turn to Vietnam for the food staple, according to industry sources.

Low demand drags down rice price

HCMC – Slow global demand coupled with Myanmar’s rice export resumption has dragged down the rice price in Vietnam which just enters the summer-autumn crop as the second largest one in the year, traders said.

Rice export price reduced for second time

The ceiling export price of Vietnamese rice will be reduced by US$20 per tonne from March 20 in line with a reduction in world prices caused by increased supplies.

Patience Needed For Paddy Profits

Patience Needed For Paddy Profits

The Vietnam Food Association (VFA) says rice exports at the start of the year look promising but why are enterprises selling at below the VFA floor prices?

High rice price cuts exports

High rice price cuts exports

HA NOI — Rice exporters are facing difficulties negotiating export prices due to domestic rice price increases, said the Viet Nam Food Association. The association said this increase had made farmers happy but brought concerns to exporters. The exporters would have more difficulty in confirming export contracts because they could not compete with rival countries.

From Environment

Nutrious milk smugglers confiscated

THUA THIEN – HUE – Hue City's police turned away a smuggling ring and confiscated 10,000 US's Abbott milk-cans with labels transformed, the town investigative police confirmed with Viet Nam News today.Ton Nu Cam Dung was altering labels of Abbot's Ensure milk at her house with an Cuu Ward's Phan Chu Trinh Street. A lot more than 5,000 cans with yellow labels, 1,600 with blue labels and 500 without label were grabbed.Law enforcement also discovered 50 boxes of milk-cans that contains cans with changed

No funds to evacuate landslide areas

HCM CITY — The dearth of enormous sums of cash to maneuver citizens from landslide – and natural disaster-prone areas causes it to be hard for local government bodies to satisfy the Government's target.Families residing in 100s of landslide-prone areas and 60 river valleys threatened by surges were set to become gone to live in safe areas and assisted with moving, based on the Secretary of state for Agriculture and Rural Development.Pham Khanh Ly, deputy director from the ministry's Department of