VOA标准英语2012--Vietnam Could Become World's Biggest Rice Exporter
时间:2019-01-07 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2012年(九月)
Vietnam Could Become World's Biggest Rice Exporter
Long ranked second in terms of rice exporters, Vietnam is expected to export around seven million tons of rice this year. Estimates 1 put Thailand at around 6.5 million tons.
Nguyen Van Don, general director of rice exporter Viet Hung, says thanks to Thailand's high price guarantee for farmers, Vietnam is in the lead so far.
"The reason is due to the program of storing and buying up rice to support the farmers of Thailand. Now it is very difficult to compete for selling price," explained Nguyen. "Now Vietnam is competing very tough with India and Pakistan and Burma, mostly with India."
Higher demand
A bad rice crop in southern China has also helped by increasing demand for Vietnam's rice. So far this year, China is the top buyer.
"This year my company exported lots of rice to China," Nguyen said. "In recent years China imported very little, most of it imported through unofficial ways. This year they started importing through official channels. They bought really quickly en masse. This year Vietnam may export more than 2 million tons to China. It means it is now a potential market."
Vietnam's rice is a lower quality than Thai rice and does not usually compete for the same markets.
But officials say Thailand's drop in exports may still create opportunities.
"It is not a big opportunity here but it is a long-term opportunity in order to help Vietnam to step by step change the structure of its rice seeds, to expand the area of high quality rice in order to meet the demands of both domestic 2 and export markets in the next few years," said Huynh Cong Minh, deputy 3 director of the Agriculture and Rural 4 Development Department in Tien Giang province.
Quality control
Officials say about 45 percent of Tien Giang province is planted with higher quality rice but they plan to gradually increase that area and approach new markets.
That would help Vietnam's many rice farmers and laborers 5.
Rice farmer Nguyen Ngoc Phan has planted high quality rice for the last five years and says it has increased his income.
"In recent years I plant high quality rice according to the recommendation 6 of the state and local authorities 7. If we produce the high quality rice we get the higher price," he explained. "So, I have one hectare I planted all with high quality rice."
Vietnam's rice insiders say they would welcome being number one in exports but whether they can maintain 8 the title depends on the weather and global demand.
And officials say status is less of a concern than producing higher quality rice to meet the future needs of both domestic and international consumers.
- Unofficial estimates put the figure at over two million. 非官方的估计数字为200万以上。
- We got estimates from three different contractors before accepting the lowest. 我们得到3个承包商的报价后,接受了最低的报价。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- This is domestic news.这是国内新闻。
- She does the domestic affairs every day.她每天都忙家务。
- John will act as a deputy for me during my absence.我离开期间,约翰将代理我的职务。
- She is the deputy headmistress of the school.她是那所学校的代理校长。
- He lived a rural life.他过着田园生活。
- We left the city for a rural home.我们离开城市,去农村安家。
- Laborers were trained to handle 50-ton compactors and giant cranes. 工人们接受操作五十吨压土机和巨型起重机的训练。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Wage-labour rests exclusively on competition between the laborers. 雇佣劳动完全是建立在工人的自相竞争之上的。 来自英汉非文学 - 共产党宣言
- I wrote him a good recommendation.我为他写了一封很好的推荐信。
- This method deserves recommendation.这种做法值得提倡。
- They interceded with the authorities on behalf of the detainees. 他们为被拘留者向当局求情。
- At his instigation we conceal the fact from the authorities. 我们受他的怂恿向当局隐瞒了事实。 来自《简明英汉词典》