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Vietnam needs a long-term strategy to increase the quality of its rice exports to create sustainable growth in the future, experts say.

Thousands of students at the Can Tho University learned safe motorbike driving skills at a communications event on traffic safety on October 12.

Vietnam shipped abroad 586,000 tonnes of rice in September for 251 million USD, pushing the total rice export volume and value in the first nine months of this year to 5.2 million tonnes and 2.24 billion USD, respectively.

The application of advanced technology in preservation and processing is the most important factor in Vietnam’s rice value chain, said Nguyen Hong Son, Director of the Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Cambodia exported almost 133,000 tonnes of rice to China in the first eight months of 2019, a year-on-year rise of 54 percent, official data showed.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan will lead a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation to attend the 40th General Assembly of ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA 40) and pay an official visit to Thailand from August 25-30.

The Southeastern and Mekong Delta regions together have contributed up to 63.7 percent of the national gross domestic product (GDP), Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Van Trung said on August 14.

A total of 42 businessmen have been licenced to export rice after the Government’s Decree 107 issued on August 15 last year on rice export took effect.

Rice export prices in Thailand rose sharply this week on worries that the country’s worst drought in about a decade could reduce supply.

Vietnam exported 4.01 million tonnes of rice worth 1.73 billion USD in the first seven months of 2019, up 2.1 percent in volume but down 14.3 percent in value year on year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

A delegation from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development led by Minister Nguyen Xuan Cuong on July 25 inspected fish farming and fishing activities as well as coastal erosion in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang.

This is a tough year for Thailand’s rice sector due to prolonged droughts in the northeast and strong baht (THB), said Honorary President of the Thai Rice Exporters Association Chookiat Ophaswongse.

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang earned over 275 million USD in export revenue in the first half of the year, lagging behind the set target, according to the provincial Department of Industry and Trade.

Cambodia shipped 118,401 tonnes of rice to China in the first half of 2019, an annual increase of 66 percent.

Vietnam needs to take new solutions and steps in rice production and export to ensure benefits of businesses and farmers given market-related difficulties forecast for the sector in the whole year, heard a seminar in Ho Chi Minh City on June 24.

Thai rice exporters are fretting over their prospects this year as China looks set to ramp up its rice shipments, notably to Africa.​

Myanmar has plans to export 500 million USD worth of rice to China through barter trading system later this year, according to Xinhua news agency.

Many of Vietnam’s agricultural products, especially rice, vegetables and cassava, have faced barriers preventing their export to China, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Thailand will host a national convention on rice in late May to promote rice exports and reinforce trade partnership with representatives from public and private sectors.

Vietnam was looking for measures to expand rice exports to China after witnessing a fall in export volume to the market since 2018.