According to reports in the local media, the early winter-spring rice in the Mekong River Delta was being sold at a high price, making the local farmers very happy.
According to the Mekong River Delta Rice Institute, rice on over 110,000 hectares of the winter-spring rice fields has ripened, whereas 60,000 hectares of early rice have been harvested. With the current selling price of unhusked rice,Vietnamese farmers are reaping a profit of 50% and higher.
In Soc Trang, Kien Giang and An Giang provinces, the unhusked rice IR50404 is bought at 5.300 - 5.500 VND/kg. Such types of high-end unhusked rice as OM 2514, OM 1490, OM 2717, OMCS 2000 and VD 95-20 are sold at 5.600 - 6000 VND/kg.