Sydney (VNA), Oct. 21 -- SunRice CEO Rob Gordon, head of Australia's largest rice supplier, has announced that Australia is suffering a massive shortage of domestic rice supplies and would be forced to rely on imported Vietnamese rice in the lead up to Christmas 2020.

In an article posted on the website australiavietnam.org, James Fairley of the Australia - Vietnam Young Leadership Dialogue wrote that these announcements emphasise nuances (and fear) of the growing economic fallout of COVID-19, compounded by the impacts of climate change on Australian domestic production. Perhaps more broadly however, such a shortage represents yet another opportunity for Australia in the face of growing calls for trade diversification and integration wit...