The export of rice, coffee, rubber and wood products has achieved high growth rates since the beginning of this year. Notably, Vietnam has signed contracts to export 1.9 million tonnes of rice, mostly to the Philippines and Indonesia. Regarding Japan alone, businesses have won bids to ship 84,000 tonnes of rice at a higher price.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has instructed relevant agencies to complete plans to merge the Viet Nam Northern Food Corporation (Vinafood 1) with its southern counterpart Vinafood 2.

Vietnam is to ship abroad almost 450,000 tons of rice this month, totaling rice exports in the first quarter of this year over 1 million tons, up 6-7 percent on year.

(VOV news-28/02/06) Vietnam is expected to earn US$2.5 billion from exports in February, bringing the country?s total export turnover in the first two months of this year to more than US$5.5 billion, up 28.3 percent against the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Trade.

Vietnam's exports jumped 28.3 percent in the first two months this year, the Trade Ministry said. It reached US$5.56 billion in the period and $2.5 billion in February alone.

Viet Nam's textile sector last week unveiled an ambitious target to export US$10 billion of products annually by 2010, $2 billion higher than its previous objective.

Vietnam is expected to earn some US$1.27 billion off outbound sales of 5.2 million tons of rice this year, a local newswire said Monday.

Vietnam's exports to the lucrative Japanese market rose substantially in the first four months of this year, according to official figures from the Vietnamese trade office in Japan.

One of the main aims of the Vietnamese Prime Minister’s six-day visit to the U.S., which starts June 19, is to boost Vietnam's exports to the American market, a diplomatic official said May 30.

Vietnam's exports of wooden furniture to the U.S. market is forecasted to increase by 50 per cent this year, said a source from the Trade Ministry.