Vietnam offered the lowest bid during Tuesday’s tender for the supply of 500,000 metric tons (MT) of rice to Manila, the National Food Authority (NFA) said.

NFA Administrator Orlan Calayag said that only two countries—Vietnam and Thai-land—submitted bids for the planned importation of rice after storms ravaged crops in parts of the Philippines.

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