Vietnamese rice

At a press conference on September 8 in Hanoi, Director of the Department of Crop Production under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) Nguyen Nhu Cuong informed that after the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) took effect, the EU has expanded its quota of rice imported from Vietnam to 80,000 tons per year. In 2019, Vietnam exported 50,000 tons of rice to the EU market under quotas, with a value of 28.5 million euros. Compared to other countries in the ASEAN, Vietnam's rice exports to Europe were only one-sixth of those of Thailand, one-tenth of those of Myanmar, and a quarter of those of Cambodia. However, since this year, Vietnam will have an additional 30,000 tons of fragrant rice grown in the Mekong Delta, which receives the wild card to enjoy preferential tariff treatment to this market. According to the Director of the Department of Crop Production, the cultivation area of fragrant rice in the Mekong Delta annually reaches about 25 percent of the total … [Read more...] about Ministry urges enterprises to complete procedures to export fragrant rice to EU

"The EVFTA will bring many benefits to agricultural products. Rice exports have huge potential under the EVFTA, the EU pledges to provide an annual rice quota of 80,000 tonnes to Vietnam and completely liberalise trade in broken rice. This means Vietnam can export as much as 100,000 tonnes of rice to the EU annually," he said. According to the Department of Crop Production, the EU will completely waive taxes for rice products from Vietnam after three to five years. This is an advantage over Cambodia and Myanmar that pay a tax of USD150 per tonne in 2020 and USD125 a tonne in 2021. … [Read more...] about Vietnam hopes to export 100,000 tonnes of rice to EU

Vietnam shipped in excess of 16,390 tonnes of rice to the African country in 2019, fetching USD 6.28 million, a leap of 20.8 percent in value from the previous year. The figure hit USD 14.58 million in the first six months of 2020, accounting for 58 percent of Vietnam’s total export value to Algeria. … [Read more...] about Vietnam seeks to bolster rice exports to Africa

Between late August and early September is the harvest time. It is also the time when the rice fields change colour into yellow. The whole field is covered with the honey-yellow color of the ripen rice and extending to the infinity. Between late August and early September is the harvest time. It is also the time when the rice fields change colour into yellow. The whole field is covered with the honey-yellow color of the ripen rice and extending to the infinity. … [Read more...] about Season of ripening rice in Y Ty Commune

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) would co-ordinate with localities and exporters to review the list of fragrant rice varieties and amend and supplement where necessary to meet production requirements, said Nguyen Nhu Cuong, director of the Plant Cultivation Department under (MARD). … [Read more...] about Nine Vietnamese fragrant rice varieties given tariff quotas in EU