Viet Nam gained US$265 million from exporting 591,000 tons of rice in August, raising the total rice exports in eight months to 4.54 million tons, worth nearly US$2 billion, up 0.3% in quantity and down 14.9% in value compared the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. 

Such markets witnessed high growths such as the Ivory Coast up 64.5%, Australia up 63.9%, Hong Kong (China) up 43.5%, Saudi Arabia up 31.3% and Iraq up 24.8%.  

Rice exports to the EU are expected to rise thanks to effects of the EU-Viet Nam Free Trade Agreement which will take effect in a near future. 

By Thuy Dung 
Source: www.chinhphu.vn