Traders in Vietnam, the second-biggest rice exporter, may have “unofficially” shipped about 600,000 tons to China this year across the nation’s northern border, according to the Vietnam Food Association. Most of the shipments were made from April to July amid signs of increased demand from China, Huynh Minh Hue, general-secretary of the association, said Monday by

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Vietnam ships rice to China in ‘unofficial trade,’ group says

Large orders from Chinese traders push up price of Vietnamese rice China Post A prolonged drought has raised food security concerns in China, said Vietnamese deputy Agriculture Minister Nguyen Thanh Bien.

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Large orders from Chinese traders push up price of Vietnamese rice – China Post

The Vietnam Food Association (VFA) late last week released important information: China has purchased up to 600,000 tons of summer-autumn crop rice from Vietnam, which may threaten national food security. Nguyen Van Dung, a farmer in Vi Thuy District in Hau Giang province, complained that low rice prices have made farmers suffer. The rice prices at

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How much rice China has purchased from Vietnam?

This year is named the “golden year” for rice exporting countries, including Vietnam, according to a forecast in early 2010. However, the result shows that in the first six months, rice exports have fallen in both volume and price

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Rice exports likely to be lower then earlier forecast

Critics argue that the plan to develop a food distribution system in Vietnam by 2020, drafted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), is too vague and too ambitious. The 2020 food distribution plan in Vietnam has been open for suggestions from relevant ministries and branches.

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Imperfections in food distribution plan considered

Vietnam’s rice exports for the third quarter of the year are expected to reach 1.6 million tonnes in the third quarter of this year, 1.3 million tonnes higher than in the same period last year, according to the Vietnam Food Association (VFA). Of this amount, 600,000 tonnes will be exported in July, 550,000 tonnes in August and 450,000 tonnes in September.

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Rice exports to peak in third quarter

PRLog (Press Release) – Jun 06, 2010 – Vietnam’s food, beverage and mass grocery retail (MGR) sectors continue to attract both domestic and multinational investment, as discussed in BMI’s recently published Vietnam Food & Drink Report for Q310 …

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The Vietnam Food Association (VFA) expects to export 700,000 tonnes of rice in June, raising rice exports for the first six months of this year to 3.35 million tonnes, 300,000 tonnes lower than the same period last year.

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Rice exports in June to reach 700,000 tonnes

Vietnam expects to export about 1.3 -1.4 million tonnes of rice in May and June, raising total rice exports in the first six months of this year to 3.3 million tonnes.

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Vietnam to export 1.4 million tonnes of rice

– Vietnam exported 733,000 tons of rice in the first two months this year, raking in 410 million U.S. dollars, a year-on- year decrease of 29.5 percent in volume and 12.6 percent in value, according to Vietnam Food Association. Vietnam Economic …

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