Vietnam needs to find new rice markets to replace China, say experts

Vietnam exported 560,000 tonnes of rice in January 2020, worth US$270.3 million, according to the General Department of Customs. - Vietnam News/ANN

HO CHI MINH CITY (Vietnam News/ANN): Since the novel coronavirus (Covid-2019) epidemic will surely affect exports to China, diversifying markets is an urgent requirement for Vietnamese rice exporters, experts have said.

The winter-spring rice crop harvest has begun in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta.