Vietnam willing to supply rice to Philippines for long term, at reasonable prices

May 11, 2023 - 9:33 AM
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Volunteer operating crane lifter
A volunteer operates a crate lifter to carry sacks of rice for victims of Super Typhoon Mangkhut at the Department of Social Welfare and Development, National Relief Operations Center in Pasay City, Metro Manila, in Philippines, September 17, 2018. (Reuters/Eloisa Lopez)

 Vietnam is willing to supply rice to the Philippines for the long term at reasonable prices, its Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr at a regional meeting in Indonesia on Wednesday, according to the Vietnamese government.

Vietnam is the world’s third-largest rice exporter, and the Philippines has for years been its largest buyer.

—Reporting by Khanh Vu