VOV.VN - Ma Ma Me, also known as the young rice festival of the Kho Mu ethnic people, is held annually in the northwestern province of Lai Chau with the aim of praying for favourable weather and bumper crops.

Vietnam is looking to increase the volume and revenue of rice exports in the remaining months of this year, but a wide range of hindrances are looming on the horizon.

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

VOV.VN - The export prices of Vietnamese rice continued to see a fall recently amid stable supply sources in the world market, according to the Mercantile Exchange of Vietnam (MXV).

VOV.VN - Travel magazine Rough Guides of the UK has published an article recommending 9 essential Vietnamese foods that everyone should try when visiting the nation.

VOV.VN - Vietnam exported nearly six million tonnes of rice in the opening eight months of this year, representing a year-on-year rise of 20% and meeting 89% of the target set for the whole year.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, during his meeting with Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah in Indonesia on September 6, proposed that Vietnam and Brunei soon negotiate and sign an inter-governmental agreement on rice trade, to help ensure national food security in their respective countries.

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.

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Hoang Trung made a fact-finding trip to the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang on August 30 to examine its preparations for hosting the Vietnam Rice Festival 2023 this December.

VOV.VN - The rising prices of petrol and domestic rice in line with global prices have pushed Vietnam’s consumer price index (CPI) during the eight-month period to 3.1% on-year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO) on August 29.