INTERVIEW-Vietnam ready to sell 1.5 mln T rice to Manila
Published: 28 Oct 2009 21:03:16 PSTMACTAN, Philippines, Oct 29 - Vietnam is likely to start inter-government discussions with the Philippines to supply 1.5 million tonnes of rice for 2010 after Manila's rice tender on Nov. 4, an industry official said on Thursday.
"We are in a position to supply rice to the Philippines. We will give priority to supply to the Philippines 1.5 million tonnes, subject to their demand," Huynh Minh Hue, secretary general of the Vietnam Food Association, told Reuters on the sidelines of a rice conference in Cebu.
"We can export to India," he said.
Hue said Hanoi was keen on extending a three-year agreement ending in 2010 to sell 1.5 million tonnes of rice annually to the Philippines, the world's biggest buyer of the grain.
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