Vietnam’s Rice Exports Ready to Flow Again as Premier Ends Curbs

  • Shipments poised to return to normal from the start of May
  • Exports were suspended in March over food security fears

Farm hands work in rice fields in Can Tho Province, Vietnam.

Photographer Heidi Wideroe/Bloomberg

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Vietnam will end rice export restrictions from the start of May, bringing closure to a month-long saga that sparked fears over food protectionism and caused global prices to spike.