Vietnam shipped 462,00 tons of rice in December, raising the year's total to a record 7,6 million tons, authorities said Thursday.
Exports for the year were up 10 per cent over 2011, Vietnam Food Association (VFA) said in a report. However, revenues from rice exports were 3.5 billion dollars for the period, down about 5 per cent compared with last year, amid a fall in Vietnamese rice prices.