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Rice prices in Viet Nam set to rise

(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-01-03 21:20

Farmers plant rice on a paddy field outside Hanoi January 3, 2007. Rice prices in Vietnam, the world's second-largest rice exporter after Thailand, are set to rise this year due to an expected fall in production due to adverse weather and strong export demand, traders said on Wednesday. [Reuters]