VFA Confident of Handling Supplies To India

Deputy chairman of the Vietnam Food Association, VFA, Nguyen Tho Tri has expressed confidence that the organization would be able to meet India’s reported intention to import 2 to 3 million MT of rice amid media reports that Government of India was planning to import around 2 million MT of rice from Vietnam and Thailand.

Tri said Vietnamese enterprises would be able to meet the demand, adding that the delivery date will coincide with Viet Nam’s winter-spring crop harvest in January and February 2010, when the supply will be plentiful. He explained that Vietnam can supply more than just white rice to India, which accounts for 20-30 % of the total sum of 3 million MT.