According to the General Department of Customs, Vietnam’s rice exports had reached 8.05 million tonnes as of November 15, bringing home 5.05 billion USD.

The export turnover of agro-forestry-fishery products in July was estimated at 2.85 billion USD, bringing the total value in the first seven months of 2018 to 22.2 billion USD, a year-on-year rise of 7.8 percent.

Vietnam shipped close to 122.4 million USD worth of rice products to Malaysia in the first five months of 2018, surging 177 percent from the same period last year.

Vietnam’s rice exports faced an unpredictable first quarter this year, increasing in January, declining in February and recovering in March.