date:May 12, 2014
Vietnam's rice export volume in April went down 7.32 percent over the previous month and failed to meet the set target of 700,000 tons.
As a result, in the first four months of 2014, Vietnam earned 765 million dollars from exporting 1.75 million tons of rice, down 18.49 percent in value and 18.17 percent in volume, said VFA.
The association blamed the decrease in Vietnam's rice exports in April for losing its second large rice market of Africa to Thailand. In addition, Malaysia bought Thai ric