At the event (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The 10th The Rice Trader (TRT) World RiceConference, the world’s most premier conference focused solely on the ricetrade, was opened in Hanoi on October 11.
Attending the event were Deputy Prime Minister Vuong DinhHue, leading officials of Vietnam’s Ministries of Industry and Trade, and Agricultureand Rural Development, representatives of the rice sector of the world’s majorimporters and exporters and major companies, and experts from more than 30nations and territories all over the world.
Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh said thatVietnam holds an increasingly important role in coordinating with riceimporters, exporters and partner organisations to effectively participate inthe globe’s rice product chain and food security.
The country’s rice export market development strategy forthe 2017-2020 period with a vision to 2030 approved by the Prime Minister focuseson developing export markets to increase the efficiency of and boost riceexport, thus helping raise farmers’ incomes, ensure domestic food security andsocial welfare, and protect the eco-environment.
The strategy also targets rice export market developmentwith increasing competitiveness, building Vietnamese rice trademark, and intensifyingconnectivity through a value chain from production to consumption and export,Anh added.
Jeremy Zwinger, TRT President and CEO, said Vietnam’shosting of the 10th conference shows its Government’s attention andcommitments to the development of the rice sector and the trade of the grain.
With a message of “investing in the rice sector in future”,delegates discussed global trends on rice production and trade in 2018 and thefollowing years, shared experience in producing rice sustainably, controllingthe supply chain, developing rice trademark and apply technology in this sector.
Many stressed unpredictable changes in global trade,especially rice trade, as rice is a sensitive commodity with high requirementson food safety and environmental protection.
Deputy PM Vuong Dinh Hue affirmed that agriculture and ruraldevelopment is a major policy of the Vietnamese Party, State and Government, inwhich rice production and export play an important role in contributing toensuring food security for Vietnam, the region and the world at large.
Despite a strong industrialisation and modernisationprocess, rice fields now account for around 60 percent of Vietnam’s totalarable area, and rice production is an essential source of livelihood fornearly 9 million farmer households in the country.
After more than 30 years of renewal, Vietnam has risen froma poor country which had to import food to one of the three largest riceexporters of the world with an average volume of 5-6 million tonnes.
Last year, Vietnam exported nearly 6 million tonnes of rice,earning 2.6 billion USD, up 21 percent in volume and 22 percent in valueyear-on-year. Vietnamese rice is available in 150 nations and territories, Huesaid, adding that Vietnam is eyeing potential markets in Europe, America andOceania, along with its traditional ones such as China, the Philippines,Malaysia, Cuba and African nations.
Vietnamese rice also meets all criteria to enter the mostchoosy markets in the world, as the country has paid much attention to applyinghigh technologies in production, and develop organic agriculture, he affirmed.
According to him, the Vietnamese Government has set a targetof intensifying production and export connectivity through a value chain,ensuring the quality of exported rice, and entering more deeply into the globalrice value chain so as to build and confirm the prestige of Vietnamese ricetrademark.-VNA
Attending the event were Deputy Prime Minister Vuong DinhHue, leading officials of Vietnam’s Ministries of Industry and Trade, and Agricultureand Rural Development, representatives of the rice sector of the world’s majorimporters and exporters and major companies, and experts from more than 30nations and territories all over the world.
Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh said thatVietnam holds an increasingly important role in coordinating with riceimporters, exporters and partner organisations to effectively participate inthe globe’s rice product chain and food security.
The country’s rice export market development strategy forthe 2017-2020 period with a vision to 2030 approved by the Prime Minister focuseson developing export markets to increase the efficiency of and boost riceexport, thus helping raise farmers’ incomes, ensure domestic food security andsocial welfare, and protect the eco-environment.
The strategy also targets rice export market developmentwith increasing competitiveness, building Vietnamese rice trademark, and intensifyingconnectivity through a value chain from production to consumption and export,Anh added.
Jeremy Zwinger, TRT President and CEO, said Vietnam’shosting of the 10th conference shows its Government’s attention andcommitments to the development of the rice sector and the trade of the grain.
With a message of “investing in the rice sector in future”,delegates discussed global trends on rice production and trade in 2018 and thefollowing years, shared experience in producing rice sustainably, controllingthe supply chain, developing rice trademark and apply technology in this sector.
Many stressed unpredictable changes in global trade,especially rice trade, as rice is a sensitive commodity with high requirementson food safety and environmental protection.
Deputy PM Vuong Dinh Hue affirmed that agriculture and ruraldevelopment is a major policy of the Vietnamese Party, State and Government, inwhich rice production and export play an important role in contributing toensuring food security for Vietnam, the region and the world at large.
Despite a strong industrialisation and modernisationprocess, rice fields now account for around 60 percent of Vietnam’s totalarable area, and rice production is an essential source of livelihood fornearly 9 million farmer households in the country.
After more than 30 years of renewal, Vietnam has risen froma poor country which had to import food to one of the three largest riceexporters of the world with an average volume of 5-6 million tonnes.
Last year, Vietnam exported nearly 6 million tonnes of rice,earning 2.6 billion USD, up 21 percent in volume and 22 percent in valueyear-on-year. Vietnamese rice is available in 150 nations and territories, Huesaid, adding that Vietnam is eyeing potential markets in Europe, America andOceania, along with its traditional ones such as China, the Philippines,Malaysia, Cuba and African nations.
Vietnamese rice also meets all criteria to enter the mostchoosy markets in the world, as the country has paid much attention to applyinghigh technologies in production, and develop organic agriculture, he affirmed.
According to him, the Vietnamese Government has set a targetof intensifying production and export connectivity through a value chain,ensuring the quality of exported rice, and entering more deeply into the globalrice value chain so as to build and confirm the prestige of Vietnamese ricetrademark.-VNA
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