The article reports on the current rice prices in An Giang province, Vietnam, highlighting an increase in the price of NL IR 504 and TP IR 504 rice, while other types like IR 50404, OM 6976, Japanese, Thai squirrel, and Taiwanese fragrant rice remain stable. On the global stage, India has seen a decrease in the price of 5% broken parboiled rice, while Thailand and Vietnam have seen slight price increases in 5% broken rice, with Vietnam's prices remaining at their lowest since February 2020. Bangladesh has approved the purchase of 50,000 tonnes of rice from an Indian company at $377.88 a tonne.