Sydney, Oct. 29 -- Pham Hung Tam, Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia, met with Anthony McFarlane, communications director of SunRice Group, which is Australia's largest rice producer and distributor, in Canberra on October 29. McFarlane briefed the ambassador on the group's cooperation with the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) over the past years to research and develop new, high-yield rice varieties in Vietnam. These products not only serve the domestic market but are also exported to Australia, New Zealand and the Middle East. He highlighted SunRice's latest joint project with ACIAR on building a sustainable rice value chain for smallholder farmers in Vietnam's Mekong Delta. The initiative aims to establ...