Many people may not know that Vietnam, which has an extremely long and narrow territory, a relatively small area, and a population of nearly 100 million, is actually one of the world's major food exporters. In 2009, Vietnam even ranked as the third largest rice exporter in the world, second only to India and Thailand. That year, India's rice export volume reached 6.37 million tons.

Vietnam Map

However, as one of the world's major rice exporters, Vietnam suddenly received news a few days ago that Vietnam has included rice on the list of prohibited exports. . Although it didn’t take long for Vietnamese officials to refute the news, saying that it was suspending exports and was not issuing a ban on rice exports.

But in any case, Vietnam has indeed tightened controls on rice exports, and Vietnam has also announced that it is evaluating whether domestic rice stocks can meet its own guarantees. Vietnam will not accept rice before meeting its own needs. New orders for exports.

Vietnam’s Grain Export

Obviously, as the world epidemic continues to worsen, Vietnam, one of the grain exporting countries, has become nervous and has begun to hoard food. You know, in 2019, rice Contributing a huge revenue of US$2.8 billion to Vietnam, which is not wealthy.

Why does Vietnam prefer not to have such a huge income and start to tighten its food exports? Obviously, the Vietnamese government believes that as the pneumonia epidemic continues to expand, the world economy will suffer a huge blow and may even cause a more serious food crisis. The ban on exports at this time is of course to preserve life-saving rations. Of course, there are also Vietnamese people who want to take advantage of the situation, hoard it, and make a fortune.

Although today's economy and technology have become highly developed, the most basic need of human beings? Eating enough food seems to be no longer a problem. However, the wisdom of our ancestors has long told us that only when there is food in our hands, we will have food in our hearts. Don't panic. Although we have already solved the problem of food and clothing, food does not fall from the sky.

With food in hand, no panic in mind

The rapid economic development allows us to not worry about having enough to eat. However, with the outbreak of the global epidemic, the world economy continues to At the same time as the recession, the most terrifying food crisis may not actually emerge as the Vietnamese government fears.

You must know that mankind has not completely solved the food crisis. Even today with highly developed industry, hundreds of millions of people in Africa still have difficulty solving the problem of food and clothing.

The most important thing is that maybe the Gengzi Year is really a bad year. This year, the disasters encountered by mankind are not only the pneumonia epidemic. In fact, as early as the beginning of the year, the epidemic originated in East Africa, Locust plagues ravaging the entire Middle East, West Asia and the South Asian subcontinent have repeatedly made headlines around the world.

Locust disaster

Especially the news that 400 billion locusts are ravaging India has shocked the world. Even today, Pakistan is still suffering from locust infestations. The greatest danger to mankind caused by the locust plague is a significant reduction in food production.

Therefore, under the combined blow of multiple large-scale natural disasters such as epidemics and locust plagues, food harvest failures in many countries and regions are almost a foregone conclusion, and this has naturally further aggravated human food shortages. crisis.

Although Vietnam's decision is partly due to hoarding, it is obviously reasonable to give priority to maintaining the country's food supply. So, what impact will Vietnam's suspension of rice exports have on our country?

Rice

In 2009, China’s rice import volume was 255 tons, of which about 60 tons came from Vietnam, and rice export volume was 274 tons. In other words, China actually There is no shortage of rice. Therefore, Vietnam's suspension of exports will not have a big impact on China, let alone endangering our country's food security.

Coupled with the fact that China has long had a fine tradition and policy of attaching importance to grain production and grain storage, China will obviously not have much of a problem because of Vietnam's rice export ban.

However, it is definitely not a good thing for other countries that are unable to be self-sufficient in food and rely mainly on imports. For example, countries in the European Union, West Africa, ASEAN and other countries have not been self-sufficient in food for a long time and mainly rely on imports. Relying on major grain exporting countries such as Vietnam.

Asian Rice Planting Distribution Map

With Vietnam’s ban on rice exports, the food in these countries is bound to have a crisis. Not only will prices rise a lot, but once Vietnam bans exports After the ban spread to other countries' food exporting countries, forming a domino effect, these countries that mainly rely on imported food are bound to have a huge food crisis. Countless peasant uprisings in Chinese history have clearly told us how dire the consequences of the food crisis can be.

Therefore, although the rumor that Vietnam banned the export of rice will not have much impact on China, it is also an excellent wake-up call. It reminds us once again that relying on heaven and earth is not as good as relying on ourselves or others. The core of true security, ensuring national security including food security, is always self-reliance.