The fifth Vietnam Rice Festival is underway in Vinh Long province in the Mekong Delta on January 7 – 10 as part of an effort to promote Vietnamese rice domestically and globally.
Hanoi (VNA) – The fifth Vietnam Rice Festival isunderway in Vinh Long province in the Mekong Delta on January 7 – 10 as part ofan effort to promote Vietnamese rice domestically and globally.
Rice is not only the key staple food in Vietnam but also provideslivelihood for millions of farmers, mostly in the Mekong and the Red River deltas in the south and the north of the country.
From a rice importer over three decades ago, Vietnam hasrisen to the world’s top exporter. In 2020, Vietnam exported 3.07 billion USDworth of the grain, making it the second largest rice producer in the world, only afterIndia. In the first 11 months of last year, the country shipped abroad 5.75million tonnes of the food for 3.03 billion USD, up 0.8 percent and 7.2 percentyear on year, respectively.
Vietnamese rice is now available in about 80 countries andterritories, with the Asian market accounting for the largest share, followedby Africa. Its biggest buyers include the Philippines, China, Malaysia, Ghana,Ivory Coast, Iraq, Indonesia, Hong Kong (China), and Senegal.
Vietnam’s ST 25 rice won the first place at the World’s BestRice competition in 2019 and the second in 2020.
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By 2025, Vietnam sets to have 3.6 – 3.7 million hectares ofland under rice which will generate 40 – 41 million tonnes of paddy annually. The countryalso targets to export around 5 million tonnes of rice in the next five years./.
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Farmers harvest spring-winter rice crop. (Photo:VNA) 
