The price of rice in Tien Giang province has increased by about 2 thousand VND/kg, but it has remained stable on August 15. Rice business owners have noted an increase in customers' purchasing power for rice, but they are trying to maintain stable prices and not increase them. The summer-autumn rice crop in Tien Giang province is expected to begin in early September, and the province has large-scale rice milling enterprises and factories that supply rice for both the domestic and export markets.