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This report provides trade data on Vietnam's monthly rice exports by grade and destination and weekly export quotes for rice by grade.

On June 30, 2021, the Vietnam Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) issued Circular 05/2021 Promulgating the Amendment 1:2021 of National Technical Regulation (NTR) 190: Maximum Allowable Levels (MLs) of Undesirable Substances in Animal Feed and Aqua Feed Ingredients.

Post revised its paddy harvested area and production output estimates for marketing year 2020/2021 (MY20/21) up to 7,360 thousand hectares (THA) and 43.90 million metric tons (MMT) (27.44MMT milled equivalent), higher than the USDA official numbers, on higher yields of the Spring and Autumn crop.

Posts forecasts Vietnam coffee production for marketing year 2021/2022 (MY21/22) at 30.83 million bags, green bean equivalent (GBE), on improved weather conditions and irrigation that support yields.

This report provides an unofficial translation of Vietnam’s National Standard for Chilled Meat - Part 3: Poultry Meat (TCVN 12429-3:2021) issued under the Vietnamese Ministry of Science and Technology’s Decision No. 209/QD-BKHCN dated February 3, 2021.

In 2020, the African Swine Fever (ASF) epidemic in Vietnam caused a loss of about 86,000 pigs, equivalent to 1.5 percent of the culled pigs in 2019. ASF outbreaks continue to recur but most of them are sporadic, small-scale, and quickly contained.