Biggest rice warehouse in Delta region opens

The Northern Food Corporation yesterday opened the 70,000-tonne rice warehouse in Lai Vung District of Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Dong Thap.

The warehouse, the biggest in the delta, is equipped with five rice processing lines with a capacity of around 1,200 tonnes a day, and two compressors to compress rice husks of 300 tonnes a day.

After a three-month trial, the warehouse has processed 50,000 tonnes of rice for reserve, adding up the corporation’s reserve in the delta to 200,000 tonnes. It produced 3,000 tonnes of compressed rice husks as well. The warehouse has recruited 400 staff and workers in the province.

Tags: Vietnam rice, Vietnam rice exports, Vietnam rice exports 2011

Posted by VBN on May 10 2011. Filed under Agriculture. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry