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BUSINESS IN BRIEF 10/1

Unemployment grows strongly, SBV puts bad debt at 2.46%, Railway sector asked to develop sustainably in 2017, Rice producers, exporters aim to increase consumption, 30 firms win top-brand award

Rice crops dwindle as a result of climate change

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is one of the world’s largest rice producers but an increase in the number of storms exacerbated by extensive flooding brought about by climate change is destroying the livelihoods of the nation’s rice farmers.

Japanese market’s door locked to Vietnamese rice

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam once exported 30,300 tons of rice to Japan in 2012. However, the door to the market has still been closed to Vietnamese exporters. Not one ton more has been exported since then.