THIRTEEN firms, mostly from Thailand and Vietnam, have expressed interest in supplying an initial 250,000 metric tons (MT) of rice needed by the Philippines to boost buffer stocks and lower domestic prices.

Bidding applications submitted to the National Food Authority (NFA) on Friday showed five of the traders were from Thailand, four from Vietnam, two from Singapore, and one each from Myanmar and Dubai.

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