Rice prices today, March 30 and last week increased sharply

Rice prices today, March 30, 2025, in the Mekong Delta region are stable. Specifically, according to the update from the Department of Agriculture and Environment of An Giang province, there are no fluctuations in both fresh rice and rice.

Giá lúa gạo hôm nay ngày 30/3 và tuần qua tăng mạnh

Rice prices today, March 30 and last week: Exported rice increased sharply, domestic rice fluctuated slightly. Photo: Thanh Minh.

Regarding rice, during the week, prices of some fresh rice products decreased slightly at the beginning of the week and reversed to increase slightly continuously in the middle of the week, then remained stable at the end of the week.

According to the update from the Department of Agriculture and Environment of An Giang province, the current price of Dai Thom 8 rice (fresh) fluctuates at 6,600 - 6,700 VND/kg; the price of OM 18 rice (fresh) fluctuates at 6,600 - 6,700 VND/kg; the price of OM 5451 rice (fresh) fluctuates at 5,800 - 5,900 VND/kg; the price of IR 50404 rice (fresh) fluctuates at 5,600 - 5,700 VND/kg; OM 380 rice (fresh) fluctuates at 5,500 - 5,800 VND/kg; and Nang Hoa 9 rice is at 6,300 - 6,500 VND/kg.

In many localities today, sources are low and trading is still slow. In Dong Thap, fragrant rice farmers offer stable prices, trading is quiet, and prices fluctuate little. In Long An, new rice transactions are low, and prices of all types of rice remain stable.

In Hau Giang, rice is in the fields, the supply is decreasing, most traders have made deposits. In Soc Trang, the supply of winter-spring rice has decreased a lot, the demand is quite good, transactions are mainly fragrant rice, the price is stable.

Regarding rice, domestic rice prices were relatively stable during the week. For some exported rice, prices increased sharply in the middle of the week, then remained stable and stabilized at the end of the week, with a total increase of 12 USD/ton.

According to the update from the Department of Agriculture and Environment of An Giang province, currently, raw rice IR 504 fluctuates at 7,700 - 7,800 VND/kg; raw rice OM 380 fluctuates at 7,500 - 7,600 VND/kg; raw rice 5451 fluctuates at 8,600 - 8,750 VND/kg; finished rice OM 380 fluctuates at 8,800 - 9,000 VND/kg; finished rice IR 504 fluctuates at 9,500 - 9,700 VND/kg.

As for by-products, the price of by-products ranges from 6,600 - 9,000 VND/kg. Currently, broken rice 3-4 ranges from 6,600 - 6,700 VND/kg; bran price ranges from 8,000 - 9,000 VND/kg.

Recorded in localities today, the quantity is small, warehouses still buy fragrant rice, all kinds of rice have stable prices. In An Giang, warehouses still buy fragrant rice, prices are stable. In Lap Vo (Dong Thap), the quantity is small, warehouses buy regularly, prices are stable.

Sa Dec market canal (Dong Thap), low volume, slower transactions, stable prices. At An Cu (Cai Be, Tien Giang), low volume, quiet transactions, stable prices.

At retail markets, the prices of rice of all kinds have fluctuated compared to yesterday. Currently, Nang Nhen rice has the highest listed price of VND28,000/kg; regular rice fluctuates at VND15,000 - 16,000/kg; long-grain fragrant rice fluctuates at VND20,000 - 22,000/kg; Huong Lai rice fluctuates at VND22,000/kg; Jasmine fragrant rice fluctuates at VND18,000 - 20,000/kg; Nang Hoa rice is at VND22,000/kg; Taiwanese fragrant rice is at VND21,000/kg; common white rice is at VND17,000/kg; Soc regular rice fluctuates at VND18,000/kg; Soc Thai rice is at VND21,000/kg; Japanese rice is at VND22,000/kg.

According to information from the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment and the Ministry of Industry and Trade, in February 2025, Vietnam exported about 560,000 tons of rice with a value of 288.2 million USD. Thereby, bringing the total volume and value of rice exports in the first two months of 2025 to 1.1 million tons and 613 million USD, up 5.9% in volume, but down 13.6% in value compared to the same period in 2024.

To improve capacity and export value, agricultural experts believe that domestic enterprises need to proactively diversify markets and increase rice exports to new markets such as Europe, the US, Japan, the Middle East, West Asia, Africa, etc. At the same time, take advantage of free trade agreements to enjoy tariff incentives and conquer and increase rice exports to new markets.

According to records, from the end of 2024 to the end of February 2025, domestic rice prices and export rice prices continuously decreased sharply. However, by the first half of March 2025, Vietnam's export rice prices began to increase slightly, while other countries continued to decrease.

Currently, Vietnam's rice export prices are increasing slightly again in late March 2025, reaching 325-400 USD per ton. Major markets such as the Philippines, Ivory Coast and Ghana are still the main customers of Vietnamese rice.

Rice price list today March 30, 2025

Rice variety	Unit of measure	Trader's purchase price (VND)	Increase/decrease compared to yesterday (VND)
Fragrant Radio 8	Kg	6,600 - 6,700	-
OM 18	Kg	6,600 - 6,700	-
IR 504	Kg	5,600 - 5,700	-
OM 5451	Kg	5,800 - 5,900	-
Flower 9	Kg	6,300 - 6,500	-
OM 380	Kg	5,500 -5,800	-
Raw rice IR 504	Kg	7,700 - 7,800	-
Rice TP 504	Kg	9,500-9,700	-
Raw rice OM 380	kg	7,500-7,600	-
Rice TP OM 380	kg	7,800-7,900	-
Raw rice OM 18	kg	9,300-9,500	-
Rice NL 5451	kg	8,600-8,750	-