VOV.VN - The world’s best rice, known as Vietnam's Ong Cua ST25 rice, recently entered the Canadian market through KD Trading, a logistics company operated by overseas Vietnamese.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has nine fragrant rice varieties that enjoy tax incentives within their export quota into the European Union, but there are no world’s best rice varieties ST24 and ST25, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Vietnam’s agro-forestry-aquatic exports enjoyed a record trade surplus of US$12.07 billion in 2023, surging by 43.7%, and accounting for over 42.5% of the country's total trade surplus, heard a press conference in Hanoi on December 29.

VOV.VN - The first International Rice Festival will be held in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang from December 11 to 15, aiming to turn Vietnam into a high-quality rice producer in a green and sustainable direction, a press briefing heard in Ho Chi Minh City on December 1.

VOV.VN - Vietnam's ST25 fragrant rice variety named Gao Ong Cua (Ong Cua Rice) successfully surpassed 30 rice samples from 10 countries to win the World's Best Rice 2023 award on November 30.

With a high demand for rice, Canada is considered a potential market for exporters of Vietnam, according to insiders.

VOV.VN - There remains plenty of opportunities for Vietnamese rice to expand its market share in the UK amid India, the largest rice exporter to this market, suspending rice exports to the market, said Nguyen Canh Cuong, Vietnamese Trade Counselor in the UK.

The rising demands for rice in international markets and higher prices are benefiting rice exporters as the number of orders has increased sharply.

Vietnamese firms are working to bring more products to the Japan to not only increase their presence at the over 125-million-strong market but also use their foothold there as a launch pad to reach other choosy markets in the world.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade said that the parties have also reached an agreement on the next shipments, with the total demand expected to be up to thousands of tonnes of Vietnamese rice to Vanuatu.