Local paddy prices have shot up by 50 per cent to an all time high. The nation's rice exports prices have also jumped by about 35 per cent, the sharpest increase in 15 years.

The nine acres in southern Vietnam that double as rice paddy and shrimp pond for farmer Nguyen Thi Tam have become a wasteland. After the worst drought in 90 years, almost nothing grows.

In the north and the Central Highlands, paddy prices have jumped to VND9,000. Traders attributed the rise to businesses stepping of purchases of paddy and rice. The Vietnam Food Association said ...

Vietnam’s rice paddy output is expected to rise to 43 million tonnes this year from 42.7 million last year, the Department of Crop Production said on Tuesday.

Inspired by the wet-paddy rice civilization that is an intrinsic part of Vietnam’s history, well established designer Cong Tri fabricated this collection of meticulously sequined and studded dresses ...

Vietnam is aiming to transform its rice sector, ... This requires less water than traditional farming since his paddy fields aren’t continuously submerged. They also produce less methane.

For $50 a person – the same amount that most farmers earn in a month – American, European and even Vietnamese tourists spend a morning learning how to grow rice, from plowing the paddy to ...

Rice importers in the Philippines have delayed purchases of around 350,000 metric tons of Vietnamese rice and have been ... A farmer harvests rice by a paddy field outside Hanoi, Vietnam June 10 ...

The Philippines remained Vietnam’s largest rice importer, accounting for 41.4% of the country’s total exports. Cote d’Ivoire followed with 11.9% and China with 10.3%.

Vietnam is receiving brisk export orders for rice after India, the world's biggest exporter, imposed a ban on white rice exports in 2023. Rice shipments from Vietnam surged to a record 8.3 million ...