An Giang rice price remains stable

Farmers in Binh My commune harvest the 2025 autumn-winter rice crop. Photo: THANH CHINH

Smooth operation

That stability not only has economic significance but also serves as a support for people's confidence. In fact, the price of rice in the province has not fluctuated much in recent days. From purchasing enterprises, cooperatives, traders to retailers, all have recorded abundant supply and stable prices. This is the result of a process of organizing production, storage and regulating the market that has been built steadily over many years.

Mr. Trinh Van Dut - Director of Tan Phu A1 Agricultural Cooperative, Tan An Commune, commented: “This year's flood in the Central region is not only large in scale but also prolonged, causing heavy damage. Concerns about food shortages and price fluctuations are understandable. However, thanks to the Mekong Delta maintaining a stable production rhythm, the rice market has not been disrupted. Cooperatives in the province have proactively linked production with businesses from the beginning of the season, ensuring output for farmers. Therefore, the source of commercial rice has not been interrupted even when some localities in the Central region were heavily affected by natural disasters.”

At the state management level, Mr. Tran Thanh Hiep - Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Environment analyzed that although the Central region was heavily affected by the flood, it was not a key rice production area. Meanwhile, the Mekong Delta in general, and An Giang in particular, with large rice output, played a key role in ensuring the supply for the whole country. The fact that the "national rice granary" was not directly affected by the flood has created a solid foundation for the balance of food supply and demand in recent days.

Mr. Nguyen Thong Nhat - Director of the Department of Industry and Trade said: "When people see that food sources are coordinated transparently, at the right time, in the right place, the panic will not turn into extreme hoarding behavior. Then, the market will maintain the necessary stability in the sensitive period". According to Mr. Nhat, the fact that rice prices in the province remain stable is not simply due to the market "self-regulating" but is the result of a system of reserves, circulation and supply - demand regulation operated synchronously from the Central to the local level. When an incident occurs, the State only needs to intervene at the right level and at the right time to keep the market from deviating from the orbit.

Demand for rice increases but prices remain stable. Photo: BINH MINH

Keep the spirit of compatriots

Behind the numbers and operating mechanisms, the stability of the rice market at this time also stems from the very real, very human choices of the people of An Giang. That is, choosing to maintain prices, maintain the solidarity of the people in times of mounting difficulties. At Long Xuyen, Tan Chau, Chau Phu markets, the number of people buying rice has increased. Some people buy to store for their families. Some buy in bags to send to the Central region for relatives, for relief groups. The precious thing is that despite the increased demand, the price of rice at many points of sale remains stable.

Ms. Tran Thi Lan - a long-time rice trader at Long Xuyen market shared: "In the past few days, people have bought more, but I have not increased the price. The Central region is suffering, and I am happy to still be able to sell. Keeping the price is also a way to share with my fellow countrymen." Mr. Tran Van Tuan - a farmer in Chau Phong commune confided: "As a farmer, everyone hopes that the price of rice will increase, but with the Central region having such severe floods, all our houses have been lost, so I cannot bear to take a little more profit."

From the rice seller in the market to the rice farmer in the field, from the export enterprise to the state management agency, each person has a role, a position, but they all have in common the spirit of not profiting from the pain of their compatriots, not creating instability for the domestic market because of the difficulties of other places. Looking at the broader picture, the fact that An Giang and the Mekong Delta rice still maintain stability in the midst of the fierce floods in the Central region is not just a story of supply - demand or price, it is vivid proof of the role of the pillar of national food security of this land in the context of increasingly severe climate change and unpredictable natural disasters.

This is also the result of the policy of sustainable agricultural development in the direction of "following nature", strengthening production linkages, improving reserve capacity, regulating and managing the market that An Giang has persistently implemented over the past many years. These efforts are not only promoted in the fields and factories but also spread into social life, contributing to maintaining the stability of people's trust.

DAWN

Source: https://baoangiang.com.vn/lua-gao-an-giang-van-binh-on-a469082.html