Vietnam says not in deal with Thailand to jointly raise rice prices

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A Thai official had said less than a month ago that the two countries had agreed to raise rice prices. Read more at straitstimes.com.

HANOI - Vietnam's agriculture minister said on Thursday the country is not in a deal with Thailand to jointly raise rice prices.

The statement - the Vietnamese government's first on the issue - comes less than a month after a Thai agricultural official said the two countries had agreed to cooperate in raising the price of rice in the global market. Thailand and Vietnam account for about 10 per cent of global production of rough rice and about 26 per cent of global exports, according to the US Department of Agriculture.

 

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