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Thailand, Vietnam to stabilise rice prices – Vietnam Business Finance

Posted on 27 February 2010

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VNBusinessNews.com – The world’s two major rice exporters, Vietnam and Thailand, will take measures to stabilize the price of rice, which has been decreasing during the last four weeks. The falling price of rice is said to be caused by …

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Thailand, Vietnam to stabilise rice prices – Vietnam Business Finance

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