# GIEWS Country Brief: Viet Nam 23-December-2016 - Viet Nam | ReliefWeb

> FAO forecasts Vietnam's 2016 paddy output at 43.9 million tonnes, 3 percent below the 2015 record, due to saltwater intrusion in the Mekong Delta and floods in the north. It forecasts 2017 rice exports at 7.1 million tonnes, up 10 percent, and 2016 maize output at 5 million tonnes, down 5 percent.

- Date: 2016-12-23 · published 2016-12-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Vietnam · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73537-giews-country-brief-viet-nam-23-december-2016-viet-nam-reliefweb
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

A smaller Vietnamese crop is partly offset by expected higher 2017 exports, leaving the rice outlook balanced to slightly supportive for Asian rice prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- RICE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2025-12-05 | [Crop Monitor for Early Warning \| No. 111 - December 2025 - World \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21411-crop-monitor-for-early-warning-no-111-december-2025-world-reliefweb.md) | -2.6% | -1.7% |
| RICE | 2026-03-03 | [El Niño/La Niña Update (February 2026) - World \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20089-el-nino-la-nina-update-february-2026-world-reliefweb.md) | +3.7% | +6.6% |
| RICE | 2024-12-09 | [23nd ASEAN COF (November 2024) - ASMC](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26867-23nd-asean-cof-november-2024-asmc.md) | -0.7% | -8.3% |
| RICE | 2026-01-06 | [Rice Futures Up, Still Near 2016-Lows — TradingView News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9168-rice-futures-up-still-near-2016-lows-tradingview-news.md) | +0.7% | +11.8% |
| RICE | 2018-05-25 | [Building ENSO-resilient agriculture in East Asia - World \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64965-building-enso-resilient-agriculture-in-east-asia-world-reliefweb.md) | -1.0% | +9.0% |
| CORN | 2020-12-22 | [GIEWS Country Brief: Lesotho 22-December-2020 - Lesotho \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49575-giews-country-brief-lesotho-22-december-2020-lesotho-reliefweb.md) | +3.5% | +18.5% |
| CORN | 2025-12-05 | [Crop Monitor for Early Warning \| No. 111 - December 2025 - World \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21411-crop-monitor-for-early-warning-no-111-december-2025-world-reliefweb.md) | -0.4% | -0.0% |
| CORN | 2025-11-21 | [Global Seasonal Outlook (November 2025) - World \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21856-global-seasonal-outlook-november-2025-world-reliefweb.md) | +1.1% | +2.0% |

## Sources

- reliefweb.int: https://reliefweb.int/report/viet-nam/giews-country-brief-viet-nam-23-december-2016

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