The first 60 tonnes of jasmin rice shipped to the UK under the UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA) hit the shelves in London on January 26.

VOV.VN - Bangkok Post of Thailand recently published an article by Thai expert Suwatchai Songwanichi shedding light on the general quality of Vietnamese rice.

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.

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 - Vietnamese rice products look set to enjoy bright prospects when trying to make inroads into the EU market due to the rice export quota being expanded, according to Nguyen Nhu Cuong, Director of the Crop Production Department.

VOV.VN - Each tonne of 5% broken white rice from the country was priced US$15 higher in comparison with the same product from Thailand in the world market as of August 8, hovering between US$478 and US$482 per tonne.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is likely to reach its rice export target of 6.7 million tonnes this year thanks to favourable market conditions and high global demand, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.