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According to Mr. Le Thanh Tung, Deputy Director of the Department of Crop Production under the MARD, Southern farmers grew rice on an area of more than 1.6 million hectares in the winter-spring rice crop this year, down 68,500 hectares. The rice yield is estimated at 69.35 quintals per hectare, up 2.05 quintals per hectare, and rice production is estimated at 11.2 million tons, down 129,000 tons compared to last winter-spring rice crop. Of which, provinces in the Mekong Delta grew rice on an area of 1.54 million hectares, down 63,000 hectares. Rice productivity is estimated at 69.79 quintals per hectare, up 2.01 quintals per hectare, and rice production is estimated at 10.7 million tons, down 118,000 tons. Generally, the cultivation of the winter-spring rice crop this year in the Mekong Delta was carried out 20-30 days earlier than the previous winter-spring rice crop. Favorable weather helped rice plants to grow and develop healthily and give high productivity and high quality of … [Read more...] about Winter-spring rice production exceeds 10.7 million tons in Mekong Delta

He also argued that Vietnam's food production is going rather well as the rice varieties being grown in the Mekong Delta are short-term, some of which could be harvested after just 85 days. A reserve of 1.5 million tons of rice therefore would be enough to last until May or June, he said. … [Read more...] about Farmers big losers if Vietnam stops rice exports: experts

Trần Chí Hùng, Director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and deputy head of the provincial steering board on forest development and protection plans, said the steering board had requested localities which have forests and forest owners prepare firefighting equipment and firefighters. … [Read more...] about Hậu Giang raises fire danger level to the highest

Further, heavy downpours and hail in northern localities, as well as drought and seawater intrusion in the Mekong Delta region, have resulted in a dwindling supply of fruits and vegetables. Additionally, the spread of the coronavirus has hindered China’s vegetable exports to Vietnam, increasing vegetable prices during the quarter by 4.14%. … [Read more...] about Pandemic sends CPI down in March

Workers move rice sacks from a ship to a warehouse in the Mekong Delta Province of Tien Giang. Vietnam has over eight million tons of rice available for export in 2020 – PHOTO: TRUNG CHANH CAN THO – Apart from the volume of rice set aside for domestic consumption, Vietnam has around 13.5 million tons of paddy (unhusked rice) available for export this year, equivalent to over eight million tons of rice, heard attendees at a teleconference on March 27. … [Read more...] about Eight million tons of Vietnamese rice available for export