According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the figure represents a year-on-year increase of over 10% in volume and over 30% in value.
Vietnam harvested 3.48 million ha of rice in the first half of this year, up 0.5% year-on-year.
Meanwhile, Vietnam spent about 670 million USD on importing rice from other countries, mainly from Cambodia and India.
Vietnam is the world’s second largest rice exporter; however, the country still imports certain types of rice for the production of animal feed./.
