Vietnamese firms win bids for rice exports

Vietnamese firms continue to win bids for rice exports to the EU and the Republic of Korea (RoK) since the beginning of the year.
Vietnamese firms win bids for rice exports ảnh 1Workers load sacks of rice onto a cargo ship (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnamese firms continue to win bids forrice exports to the EU and the Republic of Korea (RoK) since the beginning of theyear.

Pham Thai Binh, General Director of the Trung An Company, said it won a bidto ship two batches of rice weighing over 22,000 tonnes to the RoK, which isscheduled for delivery in September and October.

Earlier, on April 19, the company signed a contract to export 11,263tonnes to the RoK at a price of 584 USD per tonne. Delivery is due this month.

The RoK has a quota of importing over 50,000 tonnes of rice from Vietnamthis year. Trung An alone has won bids for more than 33,000 tonnes.

Compared to the same period last year, the rice export value increased16-17 percent while the volume has stayed the same. ST24 rice fetched up to970-1,000 USD per ton when shipped to the EU.

With many free trade agreements having been signed, different types ofhigh-quality Vietnamese rice have been shipped to the EU, the RoK, the MiddleEast, and regional countries such as Malaysia.

Jasmine and glutinous rice cultivation has increased since 2014, withprices rising in the Mekong Delta. In particular, demand for the IR50404 ricevariety has grown due to high productivity and less pestilence./.
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