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A seller displays rice bags for sale at a store. Kham, Reuters Image used for illustrative purpose.
Vietnam's rice exports in July rose 6.9% from June to 660,738 metric tons, government customs data released on Wednesday showed.
For the first seven months of this year, rice shipments from Vietnam rose 21% from a year earlier to 4.89 million tons, the Customs Department said in a report. (Reporting by Khanh Vu; Editing by Martin Petty)