A farmer carries rice on her shoulder while walking past a rice processing machine on a road in Ngai Cau village, outside Hanoi October 26, 2011. Flooding in Thailand all but paralysed the rice trade this week and delays to shipments are likely to continue, giving would-be buyers even more incentive to turn to India, which has returned to the export market and offers far lower prices. In Vietnam, the second-biggest exporter, prices were barely changed this week in thin trade. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: BUSINESS AGRICULTURE FOOD)