Indonesia hopes for further cooperation with the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho in rice exports and technology in the agricultural sector to increase rice supply in the Southeast Asian region, Indonesian Minister of Agriculture Andi Amran Sulaiman told Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Van Hieu in Can Tho on May 20.
VOV.VN - Vietnam exported nearly 46,000 tonnes of rice to the EU market worth US$41.4 million during the first quarter of the year, representing an increase of nearly 118% against the same period from last year, according to statistics released by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.
VOV.VN - Vietnam is expected to produce 43 million tonnes of rice this year, of which more than 8 million tonnes will be for export, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
With positive results recorded so far, Vietnam can exceed its target of 7.6 million tonnes in rice export volume set for 2024, Nguyen Ngoc Nam, Chairman of the Vietnam Food Association, said at a conference in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on April 26.
VOV.VN - Vietnam was Singapore’s largest rice export partner during the first quarter of the year, accounting for 32.03% of the island state’s overall market share, according to the Vietnamese Trade Office in Singapore.
VOV.VN - Vietnam exported more than 2.1 million tonnes of rice worth nearly US$1.4 billion during the first quarter of the year, representing an increase of about 42% against the same period from last year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
With trade promotion activities intensified, the agro-forestry-fishery sector is able to earn US$54-55 billion in export revenue this year as assigned by the Prime Minister, according to Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien.
Maintaining last year's growth momentum, the exports of many Vietnamese agricultural products posted strong performance in the first months of this year.
VOV.VN - Rice from the Mekong Delta province of An Giang has so far made its presence in 60 different markets around the world, with the locality aiming for this year's rice export turnover to reach US$325 million.
VOV.VN - 2004 is forecast to see rice exports exceed eight million tonnes for the second consecutive year, thereby bringing in about US$5 billion for Vietnam