Winter spring rice crop

Mr. Quach Van Ngoan, a farmer in Long Binh Commune in Long My Town in Hau Giang Province, said that his family has 4,000 square meters of rice. He finished harvesting and already sold all his paddy more than 10 days ago for VND5,200 per kilogram as farmers needed money to cover necessary expenses and daily expenses.  Farmers in the Mekong Delta have mostly finished harvesting the winter-spring rice crop. Most farmers harvested and sold paddy when the prices were at high levels. Currently, paddy is in warehouses of export enterprises, rice mills, and traders. Enterprises need to export rice in a certain volume. In the past weeks, arguments were raised on social networks and some media on keeping or suspending the export of rice. It is important to consider and calculate the volume and time of export. According to a report by the Vietnam Food Association, by March 27 this year, the total amount of undelivered signed contracts was nearly 1.6 million tons of rice. Of which, the … [Read more...] about Mekong Delta provinces expect good summer-autumn rice crop

The ministry said the country shipped around 1.7 million tonnes of rice under signed export contracts as of March 31. Therefore, the rice export volume in the future would be 1.5 million tonnes. Meanwhile, the total rice reserves in the next two months before the summer-autumn crop would be 700,000 tonnes. … [Read more...] about MoIT proposes to resume rice exports

Hanoi (VNA) - The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has asked the Government to resume rice exports. However, the export volume would be limited at 800,000 tonnes for April and May. Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh on April 6 sent an urgent official dispatch to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc after collecting opinions from relevant ministries and agencies relating to rice export management. Accordingly, the MoIT proposed to allow rice exports but strictly control monthly quota after careful consideration to ensure food security amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The plan takes into account suitable solutions to maintain rice production to ensure economic growth while ensuring food security. Especially, the plan was also based on the official announcement from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on the rice volume of 3.2 million tonnes which could be exported in the winter-spring crop. This is the remaining quantity after ensuring normal domestic consumption … [Read more...] about Trade ministry proposes resuming rice exports

Kien Giang, Long An provinces want rice export ban lifted The Mekong Delta provinces of Kien Giang and Long An have asked the Government to reconsider its temporary ban on rice exports, saying it would discourage farmers from growing the autumn-winter crop this year.   … [Read more...] about VN Trade Ministry proposes resuming rice exports

There was concern that if the country continued to export rice as it did in the first two months of the year, Vietnam could risk shortages for domestic consumption. Therefore, the Ministry of Industry and Trade submitted to the prime minister a number of proposals, including temporarily delaying the rice export schedule or considering specific rice export quotas. After reviewing and listening to the opinions of ministries and agencies, the prime minister decided to suspend rice exports until the end of May. The General Department of Vietnam Customs, therefore, stopped issuing clearance for rice shipments to ensure food supplies. … [Read more...] about Vietnam grapples with question of rice exports amid concern about food security