Recent floods in China are threatening the country’s harvest of early-season rice, a dietary staple and a major component of Beijing’s campaign to ensure food security. Photo:
Farmers harvest rice in Hanoi. Photo by VnExpress/Ngoc Thanh Vietnam exported 4.68 million tonnes of rice in the first six months of this year, earning almost $3 billion,
Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and Plantation, Janaka Dharmakeerthi, announced that necessary measures are in place to achieve President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s goal of