date:Mar 18, 2014
rice.
Paddy prices eased to 5,100-5,450 dong (24-26 US cents) per kg last week in Vietnam's Mekong Delta where the harvest is peaking, from 5,500-5,800 dong in early February when the harvest began, the Vietnam Food Association said. Companies joining the stockpiling plan will get dong loans at a 7 percent annual rate, the government said in a statement, confirming a report by state-run radio Voice of Vietnam. The government will use around 8 trillion dong ($379 million) to lend to rice compan