Nhan Dan – 30 member and non-member enterprises of the Vietnam Food Association have been assigned to buy and store one million tonnes of rice from February 26. These enterprises will get priority in liquidating contracts in order to clear their stocks. It is expected that the enterprises will have bought around 600 tonnes by the end of March, the remaining amount will be bought in April.

 Over 1.1 million tonnes of rice are expected to be exported by the end of the first quarter, most of which will be exported to the Philippines, Malaysia and some African countries.