4.5 million tonnes of vietnamese rice exported in eight months

Vietnam has exported 4.5 million tonnes of rice worth US$1.78 billion in the first eight months of 2009, including 250,000 tonnes in August alone, reported the Vietnam Food Association (VFA).

Currently, farmers in provinces of the Cuu Long river delta are harvesting the summer-autumn crop and around 400,000 tonnes of rice have been collected for reserve.