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Showing posts with label News. Show all posts

Monday, February 5, 2018

#Vietnam - 2018 rice export to hit 6m tonnes


HÀNỘI — Việtnam’s rice export volume in 2018 is expected to increase by 400,000 tonnes from 2017 to reach 6 million tonnes, due to increased demand from Southeast Asia, especially from the Philippines, with China expected to be the country’s largest rice market.

The Vietnam Food Association (VFA), in a report earlier in January, said countries in Southeast Asia will import a large amount of rice from Việt Nam, helping boost the country’s turnover this year.

The VFA said Indonesia will import rice from Việt Nam and Thailand again in 2018 to increase reserves, as Indonesia’s rice price has been rising, almost double the floor price.

Similarly, the National Food Board of the Philippines approved of up to 250,000 tonnes of imported rice to offset declining inventories, due to unfavourable weather in 2017.

These developments are encouraging for Việt Nam’s rice export market, said the VFA’s report, with export price of 5 per cent broken rice rising to US$400 per tonne from $390.

Domestic rice price also increased, with the average price between to $267 to $293 per tonne as of January’s end, having increased by $13 to $15 per tonne from December 2017’s price.

According to the VFA’s data, throughout 2017, the country exported 5.7 million tonnes of rice worth $2.54 billion.

As mentioned by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s 2018 world rice production forecast, issued late 2017, the main factor behind this year’s rice trade expansion is increased output from Việt Nam, Pakistan and Myanmar, three of the world’s top six rice exporting countries.
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The USDA’s report stated that though 2017 global rice output fell by 20 per cent from 2016’s number, as a result of weak outlook for grain products, long, heavy rainfall and spring floods and other unfavourable weather, meaning there should be positive signals from traditional rice importing markets in Southeast Asia in early 2018.

In Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, whose rice crops were heavily influenced by harsh weather, demand for rice imports will also increase in 2018. Rising import demand is supported by increased purchasing power in Africa and the Middle East, while China continues to be a leading importer of rice from neighbouring regions.

As such, Việt Nam will witness an increase in revenue from rice exports to several large consumer markets.

According to the Department of Crop Production under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, in early January 2018, the Mekong Delta’s rice producers harvested 860,000 hectares of rice, with an average yield of 5.3 tonnes per hectare.

Nonetheless, problems remain for national rice production, the majority of which stem from farmers’ ignorance.

Talking to Vietnam News Agency during a late 2017 agricultural conference in the Mekong Delta, Võ Tòng Xuân, former vice rector of Cần Thơ University and rice expert, emphasised growing competition in global rice markets.

Xuân warned that Việt Nam needs to find ways to make its rice exports stand out if it wants to achieve export targets.

Regarding export rice quality, he was convinced that since rice merchants often mix different batches from different farmers into one large batch, there is virtually no way to completely track the origin of any batch.

Without clear origin, there are no certain product quality controls, and no major national rice brand for Việt Nam, Xuân added.

He suggested issuing contracts between rice farmers and processing plants for sustainable production, via agricultural co-operatives instead of relying on middlemen.

Xuân also said that there remain regulations acting as barriers to small and medium enterprises from entering the rice market. Exporting low quality rice and fragrant rice without a brand name is becoming increasingly difficult for Việt Nam, especially in finding niche markets to sell several thousand tonnes. 
 
Source - Vietnam News

Tuesday, December 12, 2017

#Facebook and the mark of the beast

Is Facebook going down ?

Every day you see people leaving Facebook and looking for an alternative other social media.

The Restrictions, Blocking, Banning, Filters pushing people in a corner.

When you have and use a Facebook-Page, the make you madd, with dozens of pop-ups and messages to pay for Views.

When you go share these page postings  to groups, the are message you - ''You are spamming'' and delete these posts. And restricted you for a week or more.

It is on the moment all about Money on Facebook.

The total out of their mind.

We become daily many questions from people the searching for an other alternative.

We advise to go bypass Facebook and go use other social media and sharing programs like Friend+Me.

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Thursday, September 7, 2017

#Thailand - Angry Prayut says media should ‘get over’ Thaksin.


Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha’s temper flared on Wednesday when he was asked about a recent poll by King Prajadhipok’s Institute that showed fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra had a higher credibility rating while in office than Prayut has now.

“I am so over him. But you [the media], you’re not. And you keep reporting [news] about him,” Prayut responded after first pretending not to hear the question and asking the reporter to repeat herself.

Asked whether he was also “over” his former boss – former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who recently fled the country – the general said he was “over” everyone from conflicting parties. But it did not mean he disrespected them, he said.

“By getting over them, I mean I don’t think of them. I don’t give importance to this kind of stuff, because I’m not like they say I am,” he said.


He said he “got over” these people since his very first days in office, and now he just wanted justice to prevail.

Clearly upset, Prayut continued: “I’d really like you to do the same and start asking better questions. Ask about my trip to join the BRICS meeting. Ask me if I’m tired or how much Thailand is welcome there. But you never care.”
Prayut said that matters involving the Shinawatra siblings were being handled in the judicial process.

He said the best thing was to forget them and leave them to the justice system. If not, the country would not go anywhere.

“Do you get that there are wrongdoings there? Please report so,” he said. “For my part, I can only tell the international community about the wrongdoings. Whether or not they are guilty depends on the justice system. But because of their flight, they cannot proceed with the cases. That’s it.”

Prayut said the government did not want to “go after” anyone, but the wrongdoings had occurred before he took power.

The prime minister went on to say that the issue had been neglected in the past and this had resulted in people coming out into the streets to fight one another.

He asked whether the media was trying to provoke the people again. Clearly irritated, Prayut said that finally the blame would be put on him.

“Don’t think that I do not follow your [the media] work. I always do. But I only read what matters and I skip the nonsense,” Prayut said.

Before leavingm he added: “I want to know why you never asked whether I’m tired, whether I will be back, where I have been. But don’t ask me now. It’s too late. I’m back here and the first thing I get is these questions. It’s you that never get over them.”

King Prajadhipok's Institute’s most recent survey revealed on Tuesday that fugitive former prime minister Thaksin was perceived as the most popular and credible prime minister in the past 15 years, slightly surpassing current PM Prayut.

Thaksin’s popularity rating was highest at 87.8 per cent in 2003, while Prayut’s was 87.5 in 2015, a year after he seized power. Thaksin’s government also scored above Prayut’s, with 92.9 in 2003 compared to 78.8 in 2015.

Although the general’s peak rating was lower than Thaksin’s, Prayut was more popular during the downturn. Prayut scored 84.8 per cent in 2017, while Thaksin’s dropped to 77.2 in 2006.

Meanwhile, former premiers Abhisit and Yingluck rated between 50 and 60 per cent. Abhisit received 61.6 and 51.2 per cent in 2010 and 2011 respectively, while Yingluck’s rating was at 69.9 per cent in 2012, down to 63.4 during 2013 and 2014.

When it came to the credibility of individuals or groups of individuals, the people surveyed laid their trust best in state medical staff, who socred more than 85 per cent, followed by private medical staff on 85.6, the military (85.1), the PM (84.8), civil officials (82.3), and the National Council for Peace and Order, 82.1.

Political parties, on the contrary, ranked among the lowest receiving less than 40 per cent.

Source - TheNation

PS - He looks jealous ?