Re: VN Bus. News (May 15, 1997)

[Le Phu Binh <lpbinh@taygate.cl.au.ac.th>]

> Offers for Vietnamese 5% broken rice are heard at $225/ton, down from
> $230/ton, while Vietnamese 25% brokens are offered steady at $195/ton.
> ... 
> Amid lesser supply, Pakistani 25% brokens are offered at around
> $230/ton, up from $225/ton 
> ....
> following up on rice offers. Indications for the 25% broken rice are
> around $260/ton while offers for the Thai grade are steady at
> $265/ton.
Hmmmm...I heard sometime before that the price of Vietnamese rice was the
lowest in the World, but could not understand how come it's so cheap
compares with other countries like that. I am eating Thai's exported rice
now, and it's not much better than our rice more.

Regards