Specifically, the price of 5% broken rice for Vietnam's export is at 628 USD/ton, Thai rice of the same type is priced at 618 USD/ton. The price of 25% broken rice in Vietnam is 618 USD/ton, the same rice in Thailand is 561 USD/ton.

Thus, Vietnam's 5% broken rice price today is 10 USD/ton higher than Thailand's, while Vietnam's 25% broken rice is 57 USD/ton higher. The price of Vietnamese rice for export is at the highest level in the world.

High demand for Vietnamese rice pushes prices up continuously in recent days

Previously, in the trading session on August 18, Vietnam's export rice price also increased by 10 USD/ton. Specifically, the price of Vietnam's 25% broken rice for export on the world market is at 618-622 USD/ton; 5% broken rice remained unchanged at 628-632 USD/ton; high quality jasmin rice price 748-752 USD/ton…

As for the domestic market, as noted by a reporter of the Industry and Trade Newspaper, at retail markets, the selling price of rice in Ho Chi Minh City. Hanoi has a fluctuation of about 1,000 - 2,000 VND / kg, depending on the type of the past days. However, in the system of supermarkets and price -stabilizing stores , rice prices have remained at a stable level because localities have prepared the supply in advance to participate in market stabilization programs set by the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Trade launched from the beginning of the year.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has just announced the list of traders who have been granted certificates of eligibility for rice export business until August 17, 2023. According to this list, the southern region and the Mekong Delta are the most concentrated in the country's rice exporters . The localities where many traders are concentrated in rice export business are Ho Chi Minh City. Ho Chi Minh (47 traders); Can Tho (42 traders); Long An (25 traders); Dong Thap (19 traders); An Giang (18 traders)…