VOV.VN - Transparent as an amber nugget, cool as a cube of jelly, and as smooth as silkworm cloth, the gio cake (rice cake with herbal ash) of Gia village doesn’t just look good, but also tastes delicious.

VOV.VN - The European Commission (EC) has been compiling a dossier to monitor the level of 2-chloroethanol residues in rice paper products, phở (dried noddles), and bún (vermicelli noodles) imported from the Vietnamese market, according to the Vietnamese Trade Office in Belgium and the EU.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese import and export turnover of goods reached US$30.78 billion during the second half of March, representing a fall of 15% against the same period from last year, with the country posting a trade surplus of US$1.97 billion, according to statistics released by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - The average export price of Vietnamese rice rose to US$473 per tonne this year, the highest compared to those of other major rice exporting countries in Asia, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Taking full advantage of Vietnam's numerous free trade agreements (FTAs) and rolling out measures to promote trade are keys to boosting the country's export in the future, said the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

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.

The Import-Export Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade said that as Indonesia was among the major rice import markets of Vietnam, any policies, moves and market developments of Indonesia would partly affect the export of Vietnam into this market.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), in collaboration with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and relevant agencies organised a workshop on agriculture adaptive to climate change in Asian deltas.

VOV.VN - The export price of Vietnamese rice in the first quarter of the year recorded an annual rise of 9.2% on average to reach US$531 per tonne, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

VOV.VN - At least eight domestic flights to the city of Dien Bien in the north-western region have been cancelled or forced to turn around due to thick smoke from straw burning.