The Mekong Delta provinces have just exported 68,000 tonnes of high quality rice, bringing the total volume to 2.7 million tonnes, equal to more than half of the region’s rice exports since early this year.

They have fetched US$2.3 billion, up 44 percent compared to the same period last year.

According to the Vietnam Food Association, the average price of rice hovered around US$443.3 per tonne in the past nine months, US$35.7 lower than last year’s figure.

Thanks to marketing efforts, the price of high quality rice exported to the EU, the North America, Asia and Africa was also between US$580-US$800 per tonne.

Source: VOV