date:Sep 26, 2013
Fresh paddy harvested by combine harvesters was bought at around VND4,200-4,250 per kilo while fresh long-grain paddy was bought at VND4,600 per kilo.
As for fresh paddy that was so deeply submerged underwater because of floods and heavy rains, farmers had to harvest by hand, and for which price fell to VND3,500-3,800 per kilo for normal paddy, and to VND4,200-4,300 per kilo for long-grain paddy.
Lam Van Teo, a farmer in Thanh Loc Commune in Giong Rieng District of Kien Giang Province, said