VOV.VN - Vietnamese rice exports during the first quarter of the year witnessed robust growth in both traditional and potential markets, with the number of rice export orders and price rising sharply, heard a meeting held on April 26 in Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - Representatives of major business associations put forward solutions aimed at removing difficulties and increasing exports at a conference held on April 25 in Ho Chi Minh City, Cong Thuong (commerce) newspaper reported.

Strong rice export demand coupled with waning supplies have caused prices to surge in the market since the beginning of 2023.

Trade officials from Vietnam’s northern border province of Lao Cai and Honghe county of the neighbouring Chinese province of Yunnan visited the Mekong Delta province of Long An on April 23, seeking to form partnerships with local agricultural production, processing, and exporting companies.

Vietnamese firms are working to bring more products to the Japan to not only increase their presence at the over 125-million-strong market but also use their foothold there as a launch pad to reach other choosy markets in the world.

VOV.VN - From the early hours of the morning on April 22, Hanoians have been busy making and buying “Bánh trôi" and "Bánh chay" specifically for the Cold Food Festival which falls on the third day of the third lunar month.

A conference was held in Hong Kong (China) on April 19 to tighten relations between rice businesses from Vietnam and Hong Kong as well as to promote Vietnamese high-quality rice in the market.

The Philippines spent more than US$450 million importing some 900,000 tonnes of Vietnamese rice in the first quarter of this year, and more orders are expected to be placed in the time ahead.

VOV.VN - Magazine Travel+Leisure of the United States recently named Regent Phu Quoc resort in the southern province of Kien Giang among the 100 best new hotels in the world for 2023.

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.