Rice is the only agricultural export item with positive growth, 11%.

The remaining agricultural products recorded negative growth. Even the export commodity groups of vegetables, coffee, cashew nuts and rubber all fell sharply. In which, rubber export decreased by 20.3%, reaching 405 million USD.
On July 6.7, the price of rice in the Mekong Delta provinces increased from 100 to 300 VND / kg. Specifically, the price of fresh IR 504 rice increased by 100 VND / kg to 5,700 VND / kg; OM 9582 rice increased by VND 100 / kg, to VND 5,900 / kg; Dai fragrant rice 8 also increased by 100 VND / kg to 6,200 VND / kg; Hoa 9 rice has increased sharply by 300 VND to 6,400 VND / kg. According to some agricultural buyers and rice exporters in the Mekong Delta region, the price of rice in the region this week increased from 200 to 500 VND / kg compared to last week.
Talking to us, Mr. Nguyen Van Don - Director of Viet Hung Co., Ltd. specializes in rice export - said the price of rice this week increased the equivalent of rice, from 100-300 VND / kg. Specifically, NL IR 504 rice increased by 100 VND / kg to 8,900 VND / kg; TP IR 504 rice increased by VND 100 to VND 10,600 / kg. In particular, IR 504 broken rice increased 300 VND to 8,500 VND / kg; gold bran inched up by 50 dong to 8,650 dong / kg. Compared to the end of last week, the price of rice has increased from 300 to 600 VND / kg.

With the rice export market, the price of 5% broken rice in Vietnam on August 8 continued to remain at 468 - 472 USD / ton, surpassing the same type of Thai rice. Thailand's 5% broken rice also increased this week, from 450 - 482 USD / ton last week to 465 - 483 USD / ton this week.
According to forecasts of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic, countries still advocate for food storage and boosting the import of rice. Demand from China is likely to increase due to major floods in this country, while Bangladesh also greatly affects crops ... This is an opportunity for Vietnam's rice exports to accelerate in the near future.