HANOI: Vietnam has exported 8.05 million tonnes of rice from the beginning of this year to Nov 15, to earn a historic record value of more than US$5 billion, according to statistics of the General Department of Customs.
Compared to the same period last year, rice export increased 9.16 per cent in volume and 21.49 per cent in value on high rice prices which averaged $626 per tonne, up 12 per cent.
