Vietnam’s rice exports to Singapore recorded significant growth in 2024, cementing Vietnam’s position as the third-largest rice supplier of the city state, according to the Vietnam Trade Office in Singapore.

VOV.VN - The volume of Vietnamese rice for export in 2023 is estimated to have hit 8.2 million tonnes, bringing in nearly US$4.8 billion, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s rice output and export turnover are both expected to reach all-time highs this year, heard an international conference on the global rice market held in Hau Giang on December 13.

VOV.VN - Rice prices in exporting countries, including Thailand and Vietnam, have increased about 20% since India restricted the export of some types of rice, tightening global supply.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) on August 15 issued a directive on developing rice export markets and stabilising the domestic market amidst unpredictable changes in the global rice market to implement the Prime Minister's instruction on promoting rice production and sustainable export, ensuring national food security.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed a directive on ensuring national food security and promoting sustainable rice production and export amid global rice market fluctuations.

VOV.VN - The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), which came into force on August 1, 2020, represents one of the most important factors in helping the nation to succeed in bringing agricultural products to the EU market, including seafood, and some fresh and special agricultural products.

Although Vietnamese rice has been exported to 150 countries and territories, markets for the product are mainly Asian countries and thus need to be diversified, according to experts.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Industry and Trade is collaborating with relevant ministries, agencies and localities to complete a draft decree on rice export and trading in the third quarter of this year to meet local and global market demands.

VOV.VN - India’s official ban placed on broken rice has led to a negative impact on the global rice market, resulting in the price of Vietnamese rice to increase sharply and surpass that of Thai rice, according to details given by the Vietnam Food Association (VFA).