Vietnam exported nearly 7.2 million tons of rice worth US$3.49 billion last year, including many shipments navigating demanding markets such as Japan and the European Union (EU).
Loc Troi Group today informed that the group so far has received many orders to export more than 400,000 tons of rice to European supermarkets, so the Group will accelerate the expansion of the production and planting areas according to the requirements of each market.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) on September 22 coordinated with the People's Committee of An Giang Province to hold the announcement ceremony of the export of the first batch of fragrant rice to Europe under the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) with the participation of leaders of the MARD, other relevant ministries, and the representatives of the European Union in Vietnam.
First batch of 8 kilograms of watermelon seeds meeting Japanese standard, produced by farmers in the Mekong Delta provinces of Tien Giang and Hau Giang with the support of Loc Troi Group and Japan’s Hagihara Farm Company, was exported to Japan, Loc Troi Group announced yesterday.