Vietnam vows to provide rice to PH

VIETNAM, the country’s largest rice supplier, has renewed its commitment to sell quality rice to the Philippines as the latter seeks to replenish its buffer stock, Malacañang has said.

The commitment was made during President Rodrigo Duterte’s bilateral meeting with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the sidelines of the 32nd Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit in Singapore on Friday, according to Presidential spokesman Harry Roque Jr.

“Nanindiganlangpoang Vietnam na susuplayannilatayongbigaskapagtayo aynangangailanganatsusuplayannila tayosamababanghalagaatsamabuting kalidadngbigas (Vietnam maintained that it will supply us with rice if we need it and it will supply us with rice at

Friday evening. “AtangPresidentenamanaysumangayon quality namantalagang Vietnamese rice aynapakaganda (And the President agreed that Vietnamese rice is

Duterte’s meeting with Nguyen came after reports that a bidding conducted by

government-to-government importation of 250,000 metric tons of rice had failed.

The NFA, in a statement, said it has