VOV.VN - The white Thai ethnic people in Dien Bien province, northern Vietnam, make Khẩu xén, a kind of cake made of from sticky rice and fresh cassava roots, for daily use as well as during spring festivals.

VOV.VN - The Prime Minister has decided to allocate 12,736 ronnes of rice from national reserves to nearly 850,000 needy people ahead of the coming lunar New Year holiday (Tet) and during the between-crop period.

VOV.VN - With a series of key markets announcing plans to import rice, Vietnamese rice businesses are expected to win big on a rising global demand and rising market prices this year.

In line with the 2024 plan, Indonesia was reportedly set to import approximately three million tonnes of rice, nearly matching the Philippines' planned import of Vietnamese rice, which will make Indonesia one of the world's largest rice importers and a key customer for the Vietnamese rice industry.

VOV.VN - Vietnam shipped nearly 104,000 tonnes of rice to the EU market worth US$71.7 million last year, exceeding the quota of 80,000 tonnes per year under the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), according to figures data by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - The prices of Vietnamese export rice have endured a sharp decline after hitting a record high recently, according to the Vietnam Food Association (VFA).

Effective public-private partnership and support from partners are key to the success of the project on developing 1 million hectares of high-quality, low-emission rice linked with green growth in the Mekong Delta region by 2030, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan said at a talk on January 30.

As many as 161 merchants had been granted certificates of eligibility for exporting rice as of January 22, decreasing from mid-2023, reported the Agency of Foreign Trade under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

VOV.VN - Vietnam exported more than 8 million tonnes of rice in 2023, and the Philippines was the largest rice buyer, according to the General Department of Customs.

Vegetables, rice, and coffee have seen a surge in orders right from the beginning of 2024, signaling a busy year ahead despite challenges in the global trade.