The Ministry of Industry and Trade issued a directive to promote rice production, exports, and market stability.

Vietnam's heavy market dependency on rice exports Perfecting policies, expanding export markets According to the dispatch, the Multilateral Trade Policy Division will research the addition of rice to the industry roadmap in the 2026 phase of the Business Support Ecosystem Plan to take advantage of FTAs. At the same time, this unit is also tasked with promoting negotiations with the EU and the United Kingdom to amend the list of fragrant rice benefiting from tariff quotas under the EVFTA and UKVFTA, as well as exploiting additional quota amounts in the CPTPP by 2030. The Foreign Market Development Division is responsible for directing the Vietnamese Trade Affairs system in countries to monitor rice import policies, promptly providing information domestically to regulate production and exports. This agency will also review and propose signing rice trade memorandums with potential countries, expanding markets beyond traditional partners. The Trade Promotion Agency is tasked with ...