Up to 205 local traders nationwide were permitted to export rice as of January 18, following a list released by the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Agency of Foreign Trade.

VOV.VN - The opening days of the year has seen local enterprises export several shipments of agricultural and aquatic products, creating a positive outlook for export prospects ahead throughout 2021.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese rice exports to the Philippines last year exceeded the US$1 billion mark for the first time, according to statistics compiled by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese rice has affirmed its quality through brands in various fastidious markets after penetrating high-end markets such as the US, Japan, and the EU during 2020.

VOV.VN - Since 2016 the Hanoi Agricultural Development Center has been developing supply chains for safe agricultural products.

Trung An High-Tech Agriculture Joint Stock Company will export 1,600 tonnes of high-value fragrant rice to Singapore and Malaysia, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development announced on January 13.

Vietnam, for the first time in decades, has signed a contract with India to buy 70,000 tonnes of 100-percent broken rice from India to meet increasing demand of this kind of rice in the domestic market for producing animal feed.

VOV.VN - The debut Banh Day festival was held between January 1 – 3 in the mountainous district of Mu Cang Chai in the northern province of Yen Bai as part of celebrations for the local delicacy, attracting numerous tourists following the New Year holiday.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s rice export price reached its latest peak on January 3 at US$505 per tonne, representing a record high over the previous nine years, according to rice traders.

The mountainous dish can be eaten with minced pork paste, fried meat roll, steamed egg and spicy salted bamboo shoot.