PM allows rice export resumption from May 1

HÀ NỘI — Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on April  二 八 agreed with the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s proposal to resume rice export from May  一, in accordance with Decree  一0 七/ 二0 一 八/NĐ-CP on rice export business.During a meeting with leaders of ministries, departments, localities in the Mekong Delta and major food companies, PM Phúc asked the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and the Ministry of Finance (MoF) to ensure food security and more effective food export.The MoF was assigned to purchase rice for national reserves while the General Department of Customs must create favourable conditions for the export of the grain.Meanwhile, the MoIT was required to coordinate with the MoF and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on rice harvest, consumption and export.The MoIT and localities must ask rice exporters to follow the Government’s Decree  一0 七 on the maintenance of the minimum rice circulation reserve and sign a deal with at least one supermarket to supply the grain when requested.It must amend and supplement Decree  一0 七, including paying attention to the role of the People’s Co妹妹ittees of major rice production localities, especially those in the Mekong Delta and the Red River Delta.According to the MoIT, the country is projected to have  四 三. 五 million tonnes of rice this year, nearly  三0 million tonnes of which is expected to be used for domestic consumption, and the rest for export. — VNS