Vietnam PM seeks to boost food security and rice supply

HANOI (Bloomberg): Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has ordered the government to ensure national food security under all circumstances, while boosting rice production and exports amid threats to global supply.

Chinh directed the agriculture and environment ministries to develop major planting areas and achieve the goal of producing more than 43 million tons of the grain "in years to come,” according to an Aug 5 directive that was posted on the government’s website on Sunday (Aug 6).