Complete the procurement of paddy and rice for reservation in 2019

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Do Viet Duc – Director General of State Reserve said that, in 2019, the unit has been assigned to input 200,000 tonnes of rice and 800,000 tonnes of paddies. Until June 30, 2019 the unit completed the input of 200,000 tonnes of rice, achieving 100 percent of assigned target.

For the paddy, General Department of State Reserve has directed local Departments of State Reserve to buy according to farming season of each area. Till June 30 2019, they have inputted 62,400 tonnes, 78 percent of the assigned target. The rest would be continued purchasing to complete and expected to achieve 100 percent of the assigned target by July 31 2019.

It is expected that on July 31, the system of State Reserve would finish the procurement of paddy and rice of the plan in 2019.

In the first six months of 2019, the General Department of State Reserve has focused on the implementation of inputting goods items that were tendered in 2018 including drilling and cutting equipment, fire water pump, canvas tent, and generator; complete the signing contract, stock receiving of material of the target that were transferred from the year of 2018 (4,000 canvas tents, 50 sets of DT3 speedboat, 20 sets of generators of 136 – 150 KVA, 50 sets of sets of generators of 30 KVA); organising tender for buying 3/9 list of material and equipment items under the target of 2019 (DT3 speedboat, life jacket, life buoy).

Regarding stock delivering for sale in order to alternate barter goods, for paddy item, the General Department of State Reserve has approved the export plan of over 5,237 tonnes of paddy in the units that have completed the plan of buying paddy as the Departments of State Reserve in other areas: HCM City; South East; Mekong Delta and Southwest.

The time of opening warehouses for sale would be from July 1, 2019 to August 31, 2019. The rest, after the units completed the plan of buying paddy in 2019, the General Department of State Reserve would assign the task of sales as prescribed.

For rice, the General Department of State Reserve issued a document to the units to develop plans and solutions of selling prices and submit to the General Department for consideration and approval. The General Department of State Reserve would assign tasks for units to sell in accordance with regulations, ensuring completion in 2019.