Vietnam suspends rice export to ensure food security in face of COVID-19
- Wednesday, March 25, 2020
A leading official of the General Department of Vietnam Customs just signed an urgent document sent to the provincial and municipal Departments of Customs, asking them to suspend the export of rice from the country starting from 0:00am of March 24.
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Rice is packaged for export at the factory of the Song Hau Food Company in Can Tho city.
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