Vietnam imports husked brown rice from India for re-export: sources


MUMBAI: Vietnam has imported husked brown rice from India for the first time in decades to process the grain and export the refined, white variety, trade and government sources said, as Hanoi tries to cash in on strong global demand for the staple.

Vietnam, the world's third biggest rice exporter, has imported at least 200,000 metric tonnes of husked brown rice from India between December and February, the sources said.

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