Tightening rice production, export over drought, saltwater intrusion
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has assigned the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to closely monitor rice production and exports.
This year, the delta expected to plant over 4.3 million hectares of rice fields, which would yield approximately 25.7 million tonnes of rice.
In the first three months of this year, the country exported 1.59 million tonnes of rice.
For the whole year, the export volume is expected to remain at last year’s 6.5 million tonnes.