Vietnam earns 362 million USD from rice exports in April

Monday, 17/05/2021 16:35
The volume of rice exported last month is estimated at 700,000 tonnes with a value of 362 million USD, reported Vietnam News Agency.

Rice exports enjoy opportunities for breakthrough in 2021


Bags of rice loaded onto a ship for export. (Photo: VNA)

This brought the total volume of rice exported in the first four months of this year to 1.9 million tonnes, worth 1.01 billion USD, down 10.8 percent in volume but up 1.2 percent in value year-on-year.

The Agro Processing and Market Development Authority under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development reported that the Philippines was the largest rice consumption market of Vietnam in the first three months of this year with 36.3 percent market share.

The volume and value to the market reached 411,580 tonnes and 219.96 million USD, respectively, down 30.7 percent in volume and 14.5 percent in value year-on-year.

Markets with a sharp increase in rice export value in the three months were Ivory Coast with a 2.7 times rise and Australia with year-on-year growth of 66 percent.

A market where the rice export value fell significantly was Mozambique (down 53.5 percent). The average rice export price in the first three months reached 547.8 USD per tonne, growing 18.6 percent over the same period last year.

Regarding the types of rice, in the first three months of 2021, the export value of white rice accounted for 39.3 percent of the total turnover; jasmine rice and fragrant rice accounted for 36 percent and sticky rice accounted for 22 percent and other types of rice made up about three percent.

On the world market, Vietnam's rice price reached 508 USD per tonne at the beginning of last month and fell to 488 USD per tonne at the end of the month.

The main reason is because the winter-spring crop has been harvested, therefore, the demand for raw materials dropped, waiting for the coming summer-autumn crop.

Poor weather conditions are forecast in many parts of the world this year, resulting in a decrease in food production in many countries, and demand for rice imports expected to increase this year.

The European market is forecasted to be livelier thanks to the EU - Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), in which Vietnam is an important rice trading partner.

Vietnamese beauty enters Top 21 at Miss Universe 2020

Nguyen Tran Khanh Van, a Vietnamese representative at Miss Universe 2020, received the highest number of votes from fans to enter the Top 21 after finishing the final round that took place in Florida, the US, on May 17 (Vietnamese time), reported Vietnam News Agency.

Nguyen Tran Khanh Van (Photo: Miss Universe 2020)

Van, born in 1995, was one of the 74 contestants at the beauty pageant which was first held in 1952.

Van, the winner of Miss Universe Vietnam 2019, is 1.76 metres tall with measurements of 83-60-91.

The winner of Miss Universe 2020 is Andrea Meza from Mexico. The runners-up are Julia Gama from Brazil, Janick Macieta from Peru, Adline Castelino from India, and Kimberly Jimenez from the Dominican Republic.

Meanwhile, Bolivia’s representative Lenka Nemer received the “Impact Award”.

Vietnam reports 37th death related to COVID-19

Vietnam on May 17 confirmed its 37th death related to the COVID-19 pandemic, who had suffered from underlying health conditions, reported Vietnam News Agency.

At the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases (Photo: VNA)

According to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control’s Treatment Sub-committee, the 34-year-old male patient was admitted to the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases on April 24.

Doctors said he died of severe pneumonia due to COVID-19, brain injury caused by an earlier traffic accident, and meningitis on May 16 evening.

Vietnam recorded 37 new cases of COVID-19 domestic transmission, all in quarantine sites or sealed-off areas, in the 12 hours as of 6am on May 17, raising the national count to 4,212, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said.

Twenty-two of the new cases were reported in Bac Giang province, 11 in nearby Bac Ninh province, three in Vinh Phuc province, and one in Tuyen Quang province. There are no new hotbeds.

So far, Vietnam has seen 2,746 domestic infections and 1,466 imported ones. The number of COVID-19 cases since April 27, when the new outbreak began, now stands at 1,176.

Among those still under treatment, 46 have tested negative for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 once, 26 others twice, and 28 thrice.

There are 108,288 people having close contact with confirmed cases or coming from foreign pandemic-hit regions under quarantine at present.

Meanwhile, 979,238 people had been inoculated against COVID-19 as of 4pm on May 16, with 22,561 getting two shots, according to the MoH./.

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