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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

Hanoi (VNA) – Many localities in the Mekong Delta failed to achieve their export targets in the first quarter of 2020, but their overseas shipments still rose slightly from the same period last year despite the global spread of COVID-19. Local exporters admitted the COVID-19 outbreak had caused heavy losses to their operations.  Since the beginning of the pandemic, their export markets have been shrinking as a large number of countries, from the Republic of Korea and Japan to Europe and the US, have imposed travel restrictions to curb the coronavirus from spreading. This has subsequently interrupted the flow of goods. Given the circumstances, the slight export growth in Q1 was encouraging, according to industry and trade authorities in the Mekong Delta. Statistics show that Can Tho city earned 429.6 million USD from exports in Q1, up 0.3 percent year on year. An Giang province recorded an increase of 2.6 percent in export revenue to 217.31 million USD. Meanwhile, trade … [Read more...] about Many Mekong Delta localities still enjoy export growth in Q1

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Editor's note: Ryan Patey is a Canadian citizen currently living in Vietnam. He sent this piece to Tuoi Tre News as the country has entered the third month of school closures due to novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). He interviewed some foreign parents who are raising their children in Vietnam to see how they are adapting to the unparalleled situation. … [Read more...] about Expat families make the best of historic situation during school closures in Vietnam

Accordingly, An Giang Province has asked for permission to prioritize the export of glutinous rice and Japonia rice varieties. Currently, farmers in An Giang Province sow more than 115,000 hectares of glutinous rice annually, equivalent to 747,500 tons of glutinous paddy, and around 10,000 hectares of round-grain paddy with a production of 75,000 tons per year. The goal of producing these two aforesaid products is mainly for export, not for domestic consumption and in the past years, farmers and enterprises have connected and established an effective value chain from production to consumption. Besides, the province has also asked to carry out existing export contracts, of which, giving priority to exporting early the amount of rice that already made or is in the process of making customs declarations and is jammed at ports, along with the amount of rice that has been contracted until the end of this year to help enterprises not to violate the contracts, reducing losses and … [Read more...] about An Giang Province asks for permission to export rice