FOOD SECURITY Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and President Marcos hold bilateral talks on Thursday at the sidelines of the 43rd Asean Summit at the Jakarta Convention Center in Indonesia, to discuss, among others, a rice trade deal aimed at ensuring enough supply of the staple food in the Philippines. —PPA Pool The Philippines is working on a five-year rice trade agreement with Vietnam, the world's third biggest exporter of the commodity after India and Thailand, to help ensure enough supply of the Filipino staple food in the local market.

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