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Thailand, Cambodia are growing quality rice varieties from Vietnam
Vietnam has become one of the world’s biggest rice exporters with revenue of several billions of dollars each year. As its rice varieties have outstanding features, they are being used by Thai and Cambodian growers.
Specialty rice: the path from the gene bank to the market
VietNamNet Bridge - Many of Vietnam’s precious rice varieties only exist in the national plant gene bank and yet to be used commercially.
Chinese grow strange rice varieties on Vietnamese land
Everyday, the Chinese man comes to the paddy field in the Hoa Phu commune of Chau Thanh district in Long An province, where he takes care of strange paddies.
“Mother” of hybrid rice varieties
Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thi Lang is one of seven women who was granted the Vietnamese Women’s Award in 2011 for her outstanding achievements in producing dozens of hybrid rice varieties that are salt resistant and have high output and good quality.
The "king" of seed rice in the Mekong Delta
Vo Van Chung is called the King of Rice Seeds in southern Vietnam. He is the most famous “king of seed rice” in the region since 1975. The story about the process to become a king of this man is very thrilling.
