Two Vietnamese rice exporters have recently managed to ship their product to Japan again after the East Asian country ceased imports five years ago. The Mekong Delta-based An Giang Import Export Co (Angimex) last year won a bid to supply 30,000 tons of white rice to Japan, and the deal has since been settled, CEO Nguyen Van Tien said. When Japan began to source rice from Vietnam again last year, Angimex was the first local exporter to win the tender, he added. "We were determined to penetrate the Japanese market again, and our efforts eventually paid off," he said. With Japanese importers demanding that a number of tough standards be met, Angimex has linked with local farmers to create an area using advanced cultivation technology and strict quality supervision. "We also had the rice tested for quality by Thai and Japanese companies, and finally the grain passed the standards set by the Japanese side," the CEO said. Paying close attention to the growing area and … [Read more...] about Vietnamese rice resumes exports to Japan
Vietnamese rice
Indonesian firm cancels Vietnamese rice shipments
Indonesia's state logistics agency Bulog has asked Vietnamese exporters for the cancellation of new rice shipments from Vietnam since it failed to get an import permit. The Vietnam Food Associations (Vietfoods) said Monday that the shipments of thousands of tons of rice, already loaded, would be returned to the Vietnamese rice businesses. Bulog struck a contract to import 250,000 tons of rice from Vietnam, and already received some 70,000 tons. It said it would compensate for the costs of the shipment cancellation. … [Read more...] about Indonesian firm cancels Vietnamese rice shipments
African farmers learn about Vietnamese rice farming
African farmers learn about Vietnamese rice farming (28-06-2008) AN GIANG — After achieving success with a farming programme in Sierra Leone, local agronomists plan to train African farmers in cultivation techniques to grow a strain of Vietnamese rice. Vo Tong Xuan, rector of An Giang University, and several agronomists are now in Nigeria and Ghana for a feasibility survey to expand rice cultivation across Africa. The effort is being done at the request of a company from England, which asked the Vietnamese scientists to research the situation in the two countries after learning about the programme in Sierra Leone that began 10 months ago. … [Read more...] about African farmers learn about Vietnamese rice farming
Vietnamese rice sells in Thailand via Cambodian traders
Some traders from the Mekong Delta have reported that a very large volume of rice was transported to Thailand recently without any legal import contract. The rice consignment was not bought directly by Thai businessmen or importers but moved to Thailand after being purchased by Cambodian traders. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese rice sells in Thailand via Cambodian traders
China seeking Vietnamese rice
A Chinese business group of the Shanghai Cooking Oil and Food Association met with local officials of the Vietnam Food Association (VFA) on the afternoon of April 19 th seeking business cooperation. The Chinese business group, comprising 14 businesspeople from Shanghai, is on a working visit to Vietnam to investigate Vietnam's rice export conditions. According to the schedule, it will work with the Centre for High-Quality Rice Export Promotion of VFA and the two sides will discuss possible approaches to cooperate and export rice from Vietnam to China. According to Hunh Minh Hue, Secretary-General of VFA, the amount of rice exports to China in the signed contracts in the first three months was over 1 million tons, up by four times compared to the total rice exports of 2011. "At this point, Vietnam is the largest rice exporter to China while the amount of Indian rice is modest and Thai rice is rarely seen in the market," he said. At the meeting, representatives of Trung An … [Read more...] about China seeking Vietnamese rice