FILE PHOTO: A woman holds an umbrella to protect herself from the sun while tending to buffalo next to a rice paddy field in Vietnam's Dien Bien province on May 4, 2024. - AFP
HANOI: Vietnam's rice exports are forecast to fall 11.5 per cent this year to around eight million metric tonnes due to a sharp fall in shipments to the Philippines, the chairman of the country's food association said on Tuesday (Dec 2).
Vietnam is the world's third-largest rice exporter, after India and Thailand, and its key markets are the Philippines, Indonesia and Africa.
