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Spoiling rice in Vietnam show perils of food protectionism

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  1. heady
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    While this article does make a valid point on the export ban it feels disingenuous to not mention that Vietnam is one of the most successful countries on containing the virus with not a single...

    While this article does make a valid point on the export ban it feels disingenuous to not mention that Vietnam is one of the most successful countries on containing the virus with not a single death attributable to covid-19 so far.

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  2. skybrian
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    From the article:

    From the article:

    Hoa is one of more than 100 traders in Vietnam hurt by a government measure last month to restrict shipments on concerns that global demand will spike as the coronavirus upends supply chains. While the world’s third-biggest rice exporter has since reopened some trade, hundreds of thousands of tons of spoiling rice at the country’s ports show the dangers of curbing exports.