Vietnam reported about 700,000 cases of acute malnutrition each year, of which about 230,000 were severe and required medical treatment, according to Huynh Nam Phuong, deputy director of the Food and Nutrition Training Centre under the National Institute of Nutrition.
The State-run Vietnam Southern Food Corporation (Vinafood II) raised nearly 1.16 trillion VND (51.1 million USD) from selling 22.97 percent of its stakes at an initial public offering (IPO) on March 14.
Reorganising production and producing high-quality rice with retraceable origins will increase Vietnamese rice’s value on the international market amid fierce competition from foreign products, experts have suggested.
Nearly a decade after a spike in global food prices sent shockwaves around the world, Asia's top rice producers are suffering from a blistering drought that threatens to cut output.
Thailand is hosting the 4th International Rice Congress (IRC2014),
themed “Rice of the World”, in Bangkok until November 1 in a bid to
exchange knowledge on the latest rice research.
Thailand has once again become the world’s top rice exporter after
having sold 1.5 million tonnes of rice to foreign countries in the
first two months of this year, said the National News Bureau of Thailand
(NNT).
Article 62 of the amended Constitution, which was adopted by the
National Assembly last year, has been praised by the scientific circle
for its greater emphasis on the role of science and technology in
national development, according to an analysis by the Nhan Dan (People)
online newspaper.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade has assured that there will be
sufficient rice for export from now to the end of the year, with more
than 1 million tonnes expected to be ready for export next year.
The ministry said the country expects to harvest about 3.7 million
tonnes of rice during the remaining months of this year, adding that
rice stockpiles are estimated at about 1.44 million tonnes.
Vietnam pocketed about 2.39 billion USD from agro-forestry-fishery
exports in September, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development.
The Thai Rice Exporters Association (TREA) has estimated that Thailand
will export 6.5 million tonnes of rice this year, a drop of 35
percent from last year.
A workshop on investment and business opportunities in Vietnam was
organised by the Vietnamese Embassy and Commercial Affair Office in
Indonesia on December 7.
Domestic economists have urged tighter
monitoring of rice export price to help farmers and exporters avoid
damages in the face of strong fluctuations in world rice price.
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