Rice sacks are stored at a warehouse of the Song Hau Food Company in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – National food reserves are enough tocater for emergency situations, the General Department of State Reserves (GDSR)said on March 26.
Under the Prime Minister and the FinanceMinistry’s direction for ensuring food security amid the COVID-19 pandemic, theGDSR has assigned its regional departments to promptly purchase grain,including 190,000 tonnes of husked rice and 80,000 of unhusked rice, to meetthe procurement target for 2020 assigned by the PM.
The purchase of the 190,000 tonnes of huskedrice is scheduled to be completed before June 15 while the unhusked rice willbe bought based on harvest times in different localities, according to thegeneral department.
Last year, the GDSR bought 200,000 tonnes ofhusked rice and 80,000 tonnes of unhusked rice.
The food is preserved in line with nationaltechnical standards and used to support disadvantaged localities ahead of theLunar New Year holiday and between crops, while helping people address the consequencesof natural disasters, crop failures and other irresistible circumstances, andperform other tasks assigned by the Government, the GDSR added./.
VNA
