A farmer harvests rice on a paddy field in Lien Ha village, outside Hanoi June 1, 2012. Vietnam, the world's second-biggest rice exporter, is forecast to export 6.25 million tonnes of rice this year, the Agriculture Ministry said on Wednesday, an increase of nearly 16 percent from an earlier projection of 5.4 million. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: AGRICULTURE FOOD BUSINESS) 

A woman cycles past a sedge field, a material used in the production of mats, in Nga Tien village, in Vietnam's central province of Thanh Hoa, 150 km (93 miles) south of Hanoi May 31, 2012. Vietnam's export revenues of rattan, bamboo and sedge products between January and May rose 7.4 percent from a year ago to a combined $86.9 million, government data show. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: AGRICULTURE BUSINESS SOCIETY) 

Farmers harvest rice on a paddy field in Ba Dinh village, in Vietnam's central province of Thanh Hoa, about 150 km (93 miles) south of Hanoi May 31, 2012. Demand from the Philippines failed to lift Asian rice prices which are already weighed down by the prospect of rising supplies from major exporting countries and record high stocks held by the Thai government, traders said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: AGRICULTURE FOOD BUSINESS) 

A fruit seller from the rural province eats bread as she waits for customers on the Long Bien bridge in Hanoi May 15, 2012. Vietnam's economic growth may slow to 4.5 percent in the second quarter from 5.68 percent expansion in the same period last year, suggesting the country may not attain its annual growth target, a state-run newspaper reported on Monday. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT SOCIETY) 

A farmer walks home from a rice paddy field in La Tinh village, outside Hanoi May 2, 2012. Farmers in the delta have completed harvesting 1.7 million hectares (4.2 million acres) of the winter-spring crop, which has been Vietnam's highest yielding, with grain used mostly for export. The next harvest is due to start in July. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: BUSINESS AGRICULTURE) 

A woman transports water buckets filled with water for sale at Chang Son village, outside Hanoi April 19, 2012. Two thirds of the families in this village of 9000 people face water shortages and only 20 families have access to clean water from their wells, said the deputy Chairman of Chang Son village Chu The Huan. Selling it to villagers at about 150 thousand dong ($7.20) per cubic meter, a family that lives in Chang Son village has to pay about $45 to $75 per month for water, as compared to $1.50 to $2 for a family that lives in the city. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY) 

Farmer Nguyen Thi Loi waters a rice paddy field at Ngoc Truc village, outside Hanoi April 18, 2012. Vietnamese rice export in the second quarter were likely to double in the first quarter to 2 million tonnes, due to fresh demand from China and the Philippines. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: AGRICULTURE BUSINESS) 

A farmer works at a rice paddy field in Tay Mo village, outside Hanoi April 13, 2012. Vietnam's rice exports in the second quarter ending in June could nearly double from the previous three months to 2 million tonnes, state media reported on Tuesday, due to expected higher demand from key buyers such as China and the Philippines. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: AGRICULTURE BUSINESS) 

Men dressed as Chinese nationals protest against piracy and the investment demand for the domestic industry, in front of the planalto palace, April 3, 2012, before the ceremony announcing the new measures of the "Brazil Maior" plan and the installation of Sector Councils for competitiveness in the industry. The placard reads "Thanks for creating jobs in my country: China". REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino (BRAZIL - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS CIVIL UNREST) 

Farmers cut cassava to dry while harvesting on a field in Hoa Binh province, outside Hanoi February 24, 2012. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: BUSINESS AGRICULTURE EMPLOYMENT) 

A military truck carries a tank past a farmer planting rice on a paddy field in Trung Na village, outside Hanoi February 22, 2012. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: AGRICULTURE MILITARY BUSINESS TRANSPORT) 

Farmers throw rice seedlings on a paddy field in Chuong Loc village, 25 km (16 miles) south of Hanoi January 14, 2012. Robust demand and a stronger rupee boosted Indian rice prices in the week, but interest in Thai and Vietnamese rice remains weak and prices there have eased, traders said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: AGRICULTURE BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) 

A woman fans coals to heat up a cooker on the railway track in downtown Hanoi December 27, 2011. The Kham Thien railway hamlet, a 200-meter (656-ft) stretch of residences along the railway track in center Hanoi, is one of most dangerous traffic problems in the country. Despite the many accidents and deaths every year and warnings from authorities, people continue to live and make their livelihoods near the track. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: SOCIETY TRANSPORT) 

A woman carries bricks for burning at a private factory outside Hanoi December 26, 2011. Vietnam's economic growth rate slowed to 5.9 percent and annual inflation soared in 2011 even as the government focused on fighting higher prices by tightening bank lending. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A Vietnamese woman walks past the closed Pyongyang Restaurant in Hanoi December 20, 2011. The North Korean restaurant is closed, as the operators mourn the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: SOCIETY OBITUARY) 

Women fix fishing nets near a jetty located on the outskirts of the village of Wukan in Lufeng county, Guangdong province December 19, 2011. Residents of the village in southern China who staged an uprising over land and a suspicious death said on Monday they would not buckle, despite rumours that riot police were poised to quell their protest that has upstaged the ruling Communist Party. For a week, the semi-urban village of Wukan in Guangdong province has driven off officials and police, and held daily protests attracting thousands of residents outraged by the death in custody of Xue Jinbo, an organiser of a months-long campaign over former farmland that residents say was taken illegally. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA - Tags: MARITIME SOCIETY) 

A woman shucks oysters at a jetty located on the outskirts of the village of Wukan in Lufeng county, Guangdong province December 19, 2011. Residents of the village in southern China who staged an uprising over land and a suspicious death said on Monday they would not buckle, despite rumours that riot police were poised to quell their protest that has upstaged the ruling Communist Party. For a week, the semi-urban village of Wukan in Guangdong province has driven off officials and police, and held daily protests attracting thousands of residents outraged by the death in custody of Xue Jinbo, an organiser of a months-long campaign over former farmland that residents say was taken illegally. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA - Tags: MARITIME SOCIETY) 

A woman displays seafood for sale at a market in Vietnam's central highland city of Bao Loc December 13, 2011. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: FOOD SOCIETY BUSINESS) 

A vegetable seller waits for customers at a market in Vietnam's central highland city of Bao Loc December 13, 2011. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: BUSINESS FOOD SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT) 

A farmer dries coffee cherries along a roadside in Vietnam's central highland of Di Linh district, December 12, 2011. Global coffee prices could rise as tight supplies may last several months before fresh beans from Brazil, Vietnam, Indonesia and Colombia arrive in the physical market from May, industry officials and experts said. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: AGRICULTURE BUSINESS) 

A girl walks between lanes of an empty highway connecting old Myanmar's capital Yangon and new capital Naypyitaw November 30, 2011. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (MYANMAR - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A woman carries ceramic products to the market in Bat Trang village, outside Hanoi November 14, 2011. Bat Trang is renowned for its traditional pottery and ceramics industry and is one of the biggest porcelain makers in Northern Vietnam. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) 

A woman works at a steel mill at Da Hoi village, in Vietnam's northern Bac Ninh province, outside Hanoi November 10, 2011. Da Hoi village became one of the most famous centers for steel production with more than 100 steel mills producing about 400 tonnes per day, local media said. Photo taken on November 10, 2011. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: BUSINESS INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYMENT) 

A worker picks tea leaves in Tan Cuong village in Vietnam's northern Thai Nguyen province November 11, 2011. Vietnam produced 109,000 tonnes of tea worth $167 million between January and October in 2011, and black tea accounts for nearly 80 percent of Vietnam's exports. Pakistan, Taiwan, Russia, China and Indonesia topped the list of Vietnamese tea buyers between January and July, the Agriculture Ministry said. Vietnam is the world's fifth-largest tea exporter and producer. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: AGRICULTURE BUSINESS COMMODITIES) 

A worker waters a tea field in Tan Cuong village in Vietnam's northern Thai Nguyen province November 11, 2011. Vietnam produced 109,000 tonnes of tea worth $167 million between January and October in 2011, and black tea accounts for nearly 80 percent of Vietnam's exports. Pakistan, Taiwan, Russia, China and Indonesia topped the list of Vietnamese tea buyers between January and July, the Agriculture Ministry said. Vietnam is the world's fifth-largest tea exporter and producer. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: AGRICULTURE BUSINESS COMMODITIES) 

Farmers harvest rice on a paddy field in Dong Tram village, outside Hanoi September 23, 2011. Rice prices in Vietnam, the second-biggest exporter, were little changed at firm levels this week, supported by Indonesian demand, traders said. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: AGRICULTURE BUSINESS) 

A farmer sprays chemical pesticide on a rice paddy field in Chau Son, south of Hanoi August 24, 2011. Thai rice prices continued to rise this week because of hoarding related to a huge increase in the intervention price promised by the new government, while prices in Vietnam were supported by another big Indonesian order, exporters said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: AGRICULTURE BUSINESS) 

A farmer works on a rice paddy field outside Hanoi August 17, 2011. Rice prices in Vietnam have risen above those in Thailand for the first time in years and the increase has forced Vietnamese exporters to default on around 200,000 tonnes, Thai traders said on Wednesday, although traders in Vietnam denied this. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: AGRICULTURE BUSINESS FOOD) 

Fruit vendors, who came from the rural area, ride their bicycle in the rain in downtown Hanoi August 10, 2011. Vietnam's urbanisation rate is expected to reach a rate of between 43-45 percent by 2020, local media reported. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: FOOD SOCIETY) 

A woman, who came from the rural area, walks in the rain as she carries food and vegetables to sell in downtown Hanoi August 10, 2011. Vietnam's urbanisation rate is expected to reach a rate of between 43-45 percent by 2020, local media reported. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: SOCIETY FOOD) 

A farmer waters vegetable plants on his paddy field in the Jeneponto district, Indonesia's South Sulawesi province July 19, 2011. Indonesia's government plans to import rice for delivery in September or October, Trade Minister Mari Pangestu said on Tuesday. Farmers in the Jeneponto district have resorted to planting vegetables instead of rice due to a long drought. REUTERS/Yusuf Ahmad (INDONESIA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT AGRICULTURE) 

A farmer holds paddy seedlings in Bekasi, Indonesia's West Java province July 1, 2011. Indonesia sees higher unmilled rice output in 2011 and a bigger surplus of the staple food as it expands production areas, government officials said on Friday. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: BUSINESS AGRICULTURE) 

Farmers dry rice in Nhan Hien village, 20 km (12.5 miles) south of Hanoi June 23, 2011. Vietnam has contracted to sell around 100,000 tonnes of 25 percent broken rice to several African nations so far this month, helping to keep prices stable at the start of a harvest in the Mekong Delta, traders said on July 22, 2011. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: AGRICULTURE FOOD BUSINESS) 

A farmer transports rice on a bicycle along a road outside Hanoi June 23, 2011. Vietnam has contracted to sell around 100,000 tonnes of 25 percent broken rice to several African nations so far this month, helping to keep prices stable at the start of a harvest in the Mekong Delta, traders said on June 22, 2011. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: AGRICULTURE FOOD BUSINESS) 

A farmer uses the wind to clean rice near a paddy field in Yen Phu village, 20 km (12.5 miles) south of Hanoi June 23, 2011. Vietnam has contracted to sell around 100,000 tonnes of 25 percent broken rice to several African nations so far this month, helping to keep prices stable at the start of a harvest in the Mekong Delta, traders said on June 22, 2011. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: AGRICULTURE BUSINESS FOOD) 

A farmer waters her coriander field in Phu Coc village, 20 km (12.5 miles) south of Hanoi June 22, 2011. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: AGRICULTURE) 

Farmers harvest rice at a paddy field in Ha Hoi village, 20 km (12.5 miles) south of Hanoi June 22, 2011. Vietnam has contracted to sell around 100,000 tonnes of 25 percent broken rice to several African nations so far this month, helping to keep prices stable at the start of a harvest in the Mekong Delta, traders said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: AGRICULTURE FOOD BUSINESS) 

Farmers take a break from harvesting rice at a paddy field in Ha Hoi village, 20 km (12.5 miles) south of Hanoi June 22, 2011. Vietnam has contracted to sell around 100,000 tonnes of 25 percent broken rice to several African nations so far this month, helping to keep prices stable at the start of a harvest in the Mekong Delta, traders said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: AGRICULTURE BUSINESS FOOD) 

Farmers harvest rice on a paddy field in Ngoc Nu village, outside Hanoi June 10, 2011. Soaring food prices, civil unrest and worries about weather have spurred a global race to create more productive crops that can thrive in a warmer - and more prosperous - world. To match Special Report CLIMATE-CROPS/ REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: AGRICULTURE FOOD ENVIRONMENT) 

Rice and crab farmer Pi Xiaozhen (front) ,wearing a traditional cone-shaped Chinese farming hat, watches as her husband Yong Houying carries water to irrigate their cotton crop, grown due to their failing rice crop, near the village of Wanghu in central China's Hubei Province May 30, 2011. Almost 35 million people across five provinces on the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze have been affected to different degrees by the drought, the Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs said last week. That number includes 4.2 million who have difficulty getting drinkable water. Direct economic losses are nearing 15 billion yuan ($2.3 billion), it said. Farmers said they would need generous rainfall in coming weeks, or the first of their two annual rice crops could wither and die, and more of the thousands of fish and crab farms could lose all their stock. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY AGRICULTURE) 

Rice and crab farmer Pi Xiaozhen, wearing a traditional cone-shaped Chinese farming hat, walks past a boat floating on a pond used to raise crabs, near the village of Wanghu in central China's Hubei Province May 30, 2011. Almost 35 million people across five provinces on the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze have been affected to different degrees by the drought, the Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs said last week. That number includes 4.2 million who have difficulty getting drinkable water, with direct economic losses nearing 15 billion yuan ($2.3 billion), it said. Farmers said they would need generous rainfall in coming weeks, or the first of their two annual rice crops could wither and die, and more of the thousands of fish and crab farms could lose all their stock. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY) 

Thai minority women harvest rice on a paddy field in Dien Bien Phu city May 26, 2011. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: AGRICULTURE) 

A Thai minority woman rides her bicycle past a rice paddy field in Dien Bien Phu city May 26, 2011. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: AGRICULTURE) 

Thai minority women harvest rice on a paddy field in Dien Bien Phu city May 26, 2011. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: AGRICULTURE) 

A farmer carries grass to feed water buffaloes in Sapa, northwest Vietnam, May 23, 2011. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (VIETNAM - Tags: AGRICULTURE SOCIETY) FOR BEST QUALITY IMAGE: ALSO SEE GF2E95K0AY201. 

A worker carries a bundle of rice stalks at a rice field at Gowa district, Indonesia's South Sulawesi province May 7, 2011. ASEAN, together with China, Japan and South Korea, has agreed to have a rice reserve of over 700,0000 tonnes to protect against volatile commodity prices, which had surged this year before unexpectedly diving this week. REUTERS/Yusuf Ahmad (INDONESIA - Tags: AGRICULTURE BUSINESS IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A woman transports bread for sale on a bicycle on a street in Hanoi March 21, 2011. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: SOCIETY FOOD) 

A farmer harvests rice in the Bekasi district on the outskirts of Jakarta March 1, 2011. Indonesia sees rice production rising by 1.4 percent this year, leading to a surplus that will reduce the likelihood of Southeast Asia's biggest economy stepping into regional markets to import the staple grain. RUEUTERS/Enny Nuraheni (INDONESIA - Tags: BUSINESS AGRICULTURE) 

Farmers plant rice on a paddy field in Phu Dong village, outside Hanoi March 1, 2011. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) plus China, Japan and South Korea plan to establish a rice reserve to help protect them from volatile commodity prices, an official said on Monday after a meeting of the group's economic ministers. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: AGRICULTURE) 

Vegetable sellers wait for customers at a market in Bao Loc city, near Vietnam's southern commercial hub Ho Chi Minh city February 23, 2011. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: SOCIETY AGRICULTURE) 

A vegetable seller waits for customers at a market in Bao Loc city, near Vietnam's southern commercial hub Ho Chi Minh city February 23, 2011. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: AGRICULTURE SOCIETY) 

Workers pick tea leaves on a farm in Di Linh district, in Vietnam's central highland province of Lam Dong February 23, 2011. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: AGRICULTURE BUSINESS) 

A worker walks among acacia wood at a factory of Trong Nghia in Bac Giang province, north of Hanoi February 15, 2011. For wood craftsman Tong Trong Nghia, Vietnam's bold currency devaluation will likely bring higher costs and squeezed profits. But for some economists, the Feb. 11 move could be a welcome signal that authorities are getting to grips with woes making Vietnam - an investment hotspot when it joined the World Trade Organisation in 2007 - slip off the radar of emerging-market investors. Picture taken February 15, 2011. To match Analysis VIETNAM-ECONOMY/ REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: BUSINESS) 

People pull a net containing fish from a pond in Quang Lang village, outside Hanoi December 4, 2010. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: SOCIETY) 

A farmer stands in a field of blossoming cabbage plants in Thuong Hoi village, outside Hanoi November 28, 2010. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: AGRICULTURE ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Vietnamese people commute the Long Bien bridge in Hanoi October 25, 2010. Long Bien bridge was built in 1903 with the architectural concept of the famous French architect Gustave Eiffel across the Red River to connect two parts of Hanoi. Bombed repeatedly during the Vietnam War because of it strategic value, the bridge was repeatedly repaired and now trains, mopeds, bicycles and pedestrian can use it to cross the river. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (VIETNAM - Tags: SOCIETY TRANSPORT) 

A farmer harvests rice stalks in one of Indonesia's biggest paddy fields in Gowa district, Indonesia's South Sulawesi province, October 12, 2010. Indonesia is looking at government-to-government arrangement in case it need to import rice and is currently in talks with Vietnam and Thailand, a senior advisor at Indonesian procurement agency Bulog, Muhamad Ismet said on Monday. REUTERS/Yusuf Ahmad (INDONESIA - Tags: AGRICULTURE BUSINESS) 

A woman digs for shells and other sea products to sell on a beach of Bai Tu Long Bay in Cam Pha town in Vietnam's northeast Quang Ninh province, 200 km (124 miles) from Hanoi September 21, 2010. Depending on the tide, she can find about 2 to 3 kg (4 to 7 lb) per day from 4 a.m. to 8 a.m., with each kilogram able to fetch $1. Picture taken September 21, 2010. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: SOCIETY FOOD) 

A vendor carries baskets of seafood while walking in the sea from a fishing port in Cam Pha town in Vietnam's northeast Quang Ninh province, 200 km (124 miles) from Hanoi September 21, 2010. Picture taken September 21, 2010. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: SOCIETY FOOD) 

A vendor pushes her bicycle carrying baskets of seafood by the sea from a fishing port in Cam Pha town in Vietnam's northeast Quang Ninh province, 200 km (124 miles) from Hanoi September 21, 2010. Picture taken September 21, 2010. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: SOCIETY FOOD)