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Article: Vietnam's exported rice value increases in 2002
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- January 9, 2003
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Vietnam's exported rice value increases in 2002
HANOI, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's rice export value increased
about 18 percent in 2002, said general secretary of the Vietnam Food
Association Nguyen Thi Nguyet on Thursday.
The general secretary of the Vietnam Food Association attributed
the increase of exported rice value mainly to the rice price hike.
The average price of Vietnamese rice stood at 186 US dollars per ton
last year, 30 US dollars higher than that in 2001, said Nguyet.
In 2002, Vietnam exported 3.2 million tons of rice, earning for
the ...