Rice prices today, June 20, 2025: Rice prices decreased slightly.

Domestic rice prices today, June 20, 2025

In An Giang, the price of fresh OM 5451 rice has reversed its trend and decreased to 5,700 - 5,900 VND/kg. Other rice varieties remain largely unchanged: OM 380 fluctuates between 5,300 - 5,600 VND/kg, IR 50404 is at 5,300 - 5,500 VND/kg, Dai Thom 8 maintains its price at 6,300 - 6,500 VND/kg, OM 18 remains at 6,100 VND/kg, and Nang Hoa 9 is at 6,650 - 6,750 VND/kg.

In the raw rice segment, prices remained stable: IR 504 ranged from 8,050 to 8,150 VND/kg, and CL 555 from 8,250 to 8,350 VND/kg. Retail rice prices at local markets also remained unchanged, with regular rice at 13,000 - 14,000 VND/kg, Thai fragrant rice at 20,000 - 22,000 VND/kg, Huong Lai at 22,000 VND/kg, and Nang Nhen maintaining the highest price of 28,000 VND/kg.

The glutinous rice market showed no new fluctuations, with dried IR 4625 glutinous rice at 9,500 - 9,700 VND/kg and fresh glutinous rice at 7,700 - 7,900 VND/kg. By-products such as bran, broken rice, and husks also remained stable compared to yesterday.

Export rice prices remain stable, but Thailand faces competitive pressure from Vietnam and India.

Vietnam's rice export prices remained stable today, while Thailand faced challenges from declining demand and high prices, potentially leading to its lowest rice exports in years in 2025.

On June 20th, according to the Vietnam Food Association (VFA), the price of Vietnamese 5% broken rice remained at $387 per ton in the export market. Meanwhile, 25% broken rice and 100% broken rice both decreased slightly by $1 per ton, to $361 per ton and $317 per ton respectively.

In the region, the price of 5% broken rice from Thailand remains higher at $396/ton; Pakistan is at $392/ton; while India has the lowest price at $381/ton.

According to the latest report from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Thailand's rice exports in 2025 are expected to reach only 7 million tons, the lowest in many years. The main reason is that Indonesia has significantly reduced imports thanks to increased domestic production and large stockpiles since the beginning of the year.

Although Thai rice production may increase this year, beginning stocks are currently low – the lowest level since 2005. Furthermore, Thai white rice is more expensive than that from Vietnam, India, and Pakistan, while the strong Thai baht makes exports even less competitive. This has led to sharp declines in exports to key markets such as the Philippines and Malaysia, down 61% and 65% respectively, in the first four months of the year.

Nevertheless, Thailand maintains an advantage in the premium segment thanks to product lines such as fragrant rice and parboiled rice. Demand in markets such as the US, China, Iraq, and South Africa remains stable, helping to somewhat offset pressure from mainstream markets.

Quoc Duan