VOV.VN - Vietnam earned nearly US$2 billion from exporting rice to the Philippines market during the past nine months of the year, making up 42.86% of the country's total rice export turnover, according to the Vietnamese Trade Office in the Philippines.
No Vietnamese rice is named in the list of the grain seized by Swedish authorities on suspicion of quality fraud, according to the Vietnam Trade Office in the European country.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the Vietnam- United Arab Emirates (UAE) business roundtable in Dubai on October 28 (local time) where the focus was on digital transformation, green transition, innovation, and creativity.
VOV.VN - Located in the northern province of Bac Ninh, Than Nong tower has received recognition from the World Records Union (WorldKings) for a rice grain-shaped tower made from the world’s highest number of stone mortars.
Improving the rice quality, diversifying markets, and building a recognisable and trustworthy brand identity for Vietnamese rice are among measures for Vietnam to boost its rice exports, said Secretary of All India Spices Importers Federation (AISIF) Hiren Gandhi.
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) organised a conference in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on October 9 to launch the Capacity Building for Sustainable and Low-Carbon Rice Innovations in Southeast Asia (CABIN) project.
Carbon credits could become a key measure of success in sustainable rice farming, according to Dr Nguyen Do Anh Tuan, Director General of the International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
VOV.VN - Tan Long Group Joint Stock Company (Tan Long Group), in collaboration with Japan’s Kiraboshi Bank, hosted a ceremony in Tokyo on October 9 to launch the A An rice, the second Vietnamese rice brand in the Japanese market.
The Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang plans to expand the rice cultivation model in the 2024 Summer-Autumn crop targeting one million hectares of high-quality and low-emission rice by 2030. The green growth rice is to be piloted in Long Phu, to other local districts, towns, and cities.
VOV.VN - As many as 163 Vietnamese businesses have been certified to meet the conditions for rice export, according to an update from the Import-Export Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade.