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Vietnam 2011 paddy output to rise to 41mn T
HANOI : Vietnam , the world's second-largest rice exporter after Thailand , plans to raise output this year to 41 mill
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HANOI: Vietnam, the world's second-largest rice exporter after Thailand, plans to raise output this year to 41 million tonnes of paddy, up 2.5 percent from 2010 when it already shipped a record volume, a state-run newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Agriculture Minister Cao Duc Phat said the country should strive for the output from 7.37 million hectares (18.2 million acres) under plantation, the official Vietnam Economic Times newspaper reported.
Copyright Reuters, 2011
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