The inspection team will focus on enforcing legal regulations related to rice export business activities in the Mekong Delta region, addressing violations while reviewing market supply and demand, as well as pricing.
The fact that Indonesia chose Việt Nam as the main supplier for its rice purchases has further affirmed the position and reputation of the quality of Vietnamese rice.
Trung An Hi-tech Farming JSC in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta has been exporting rice under foreign brand names for many years though it is itself one of the biggest rice exporters in Viet Nam.
Japonica rice is set to become one of the main export rice categories of Viet Nam in the coming time, according to the Viet Nam Food Association (VFA).
Recent gains in the volume and value of rice exports can be attributed more to low prices than to better quality or greater market penetration, experts say.
The Asian market is expected to consume some 50 per cent of Viet Nam’s total rice exports, followed by African and Middle Eastern countries at 25 per cent and five per cent, respectively, the European market at six per cent...
Industry and Trade Minister Tran Tuan Anh and Bangladeshi Minister of Food Advocate Qamrul Islam signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the extension of rice trading in Ha Noi on Tuesday.
The agro, forestry, fisheries export turnover in July was
estimated at US$2.64 billion, lifting the sector''s export value in the
first seven months to reach $17.8 billion, up 5.1 per cent year-on-year.
The country exported 181,000 tonnes of rice in the first half of this
month worth US$79.87 million, lifting the shipment to date this year to
1.932 million tonnes worth $845.38 million, according to data from the
Viet Nam Food Association (VFA).