Can Tho, March 20 -- The World Bank is committed to mobilising additional non-refundable aid to support Vietnam's project on developing one million hectares of high-quality and low-carbon rice in association with green growth in the Mekong Delta region, a senior WB official has said.

Shobha Shetty, Global Director of the Agriculture and Food Global Practice at the World Bank, made the statement while making a field trip to a rice cultivation site at New Green Farm Cooperative in Thot Not district, Can Tho city, on March 19.

The New Green Farm Cooperative currently comprises over 100 households cultivating 148 hectares of rice. It has been part of the project for three consecutive seasons.

According to Dong Van Canh, Head of the Coopera...