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Long An to host third Vietnam Rice Festival

The Mekong Delta province of Long An will host the third Vietnam Rice Festival from December 18-24.
Long An to host third Vietnam Rice Festival ảnh 1Vietnam shipped nearly 5 million tonnes of rice abroad in the first nine months of this year, earning 2.5 billion USD, up 8.5 percent in volume and 23.2 percent in value year-on-year. (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The Mekong Delta province of LongAn will host the third Vietnam Rice Festival from December 18-24.

The festival will feature various activities, including anexhibition on Vietnamese rice exports, a workshop on saltwater intrusion,drought and solutions to protect rice production from natural disasters, and arice contest.

The festival will be jointly held by Mekong Delta localities,the Vietnam Food Association, the Vietnam Southern Food Corporation and someministries and agencies.

It aims to honour and improve the position of Vietnameserice in the world and promote rice production and export, contributing to localsocio-economic development and improvement of people’s living standards.

The first edition of the festival was held in 2009 in HauGiang province and the second was hosted by Soc Trang province.

Vietnamshipped nearly 5 million tonnes of rice abroad in the first nine months of thisyear, earning 2.5 billion USD, up 8.5 percent in volume and 23.2 percent invalue year-on-year, statistics show.

Chinaremained the largest importer of Vietnamese rice, accounting for 23.2 percentof the total, according to the Agro Processing and Market Development Authorityunder the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Analysts predicted that the domestic rice market would thrive in the fourthquarter of this year thanks to increasing demand from such importers as thePhilippines, the Republic of Korea (RoK), Nigeria and Egypt.-VNA


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