Iraq buys Vietnamese rice in second tender this month

IRAQ, one of the world's largest importers of wheat and rice, has bought

90,000 tonnes of Vietnamese rice after a tender was issued more than two
weeks ago, an Iraqi grain board official said on Thursday.

"The rice tender has been set to buy 60,000 tonnes from Vina Food
Company and 30,000 tonnes of rice from VIP, an Iraqi-Vietnamese
company," said Hassan Ibrahim, director general of the Iraq Grain Board.
"The purchase was on FOB terms."