A Vietnamese rice product has for the first time been put on the shelves of E.Leclerc Viry Châtillon, a hypermarket run by top French retailer E.Leclerc, as part of a programme run by the Vietnam Trade Office in France.

VOV.VN - Bangladesh is putting final touches to deals to import hundreds of thousands of tonnes of rice from Vietnam and India in order to address the food price crisis in the country, reported Reuters.

The UK market still has considerable room for Vietnamese rice suppliers to boost exports thanks to the UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA) tariff quota and the Vietnamese community of more than 100,000 people in the UK, a senior trade official has said.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese rice in small bags has recently hit the shelves of Japan, Europe, Canada, and the United States, showing the unrelenting efforts by businesses to increase the value of the product in the international market.

Vietnam has become one of the leading rice producing and exporting countries in the world. However, this item is usually imported raw, then distributed under the brand of the importers.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s rice exports to the United States during the opening five months of the year surged by 71.3% in volume, marking the highest rise among importers of Vietnamese rice.

Vietnam exported 1.14 million tonnes of rice worth US$715 million in the first quarter of 2022, up 24% in volume and 10.5% in value year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The 5th Vietnam Rice Festival wrapped up in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long on January 10 with "Ngoc Troi Thien Vuong " (LT28) rice of Loc Troi Group (LTG) winning the first prize of the good Vietnamese rice trademark competition.

VOV.VN - The enforcement of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) has been considered one of the driving forces for greater presence of Vietnamese rice in the EU market, according to insiders.

VOV.VN - The fifth version of the Vietnam Rice Festival will kick off in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long on January 7 after being postponed several times due to the COVID-19 pandemic.