date:Sep 10, 2013
heir Thai rivals because of the difference in rice quality.
According to VFA, in the first eight months of this year, Vietnamese rice exporters had signed contracts for the export of over 7.2 million tons of rice. However, contracts worth 1.2 million tons were canceled, and only 4.7 million tons were shipped abroad during the period.
VFA predicted that about 1.84 million tons of rice would be exported in September, about 230,000 tons lower than scheduled, so the total rice exports in the 9-mon