CNA – 24-8-2023

Vietnam is seeing soaring demand and skyrocketing prices for its rice after India – the world’s biggest rice supplier – imposed export curbs last month. Industry players say the spike in global rice prices is an opportunity for Vietnam to boost production and exports. But at the Mekong Delta, known as Vietnam’s rice bowl where 90 per cent of the nation’s rice exports are grown, farmers tell CNA’s Tung Ngo they can barely keep up with the demand.