Vietnam to increase rice exports to EU under EVFTA

Vietnam earned US$1.71 billion from exporting nearly 3.5 million tonnes of rice in the first half of this year. — VN

HANOI (Vietnam News/ANN): Rice quotas for Vietnam under the EVFTA are expected to push Vietnam's rice exports up from the second half of this year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

Under the Vietnam-EU Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) effective from Aug 1, the EU pledges to provide an annual rice quota of 80,000 tonnes to Vietnam