The ban on rice exports by India has sparked a panic on the international market and driven up prices in Asia. India has alarmed the rice market in just over six weeks.

India’s six-week rice ban has strained the global market

As clouds loom over global food grain supplies after Russia's withdrawal from the Black Sea grain deal, India has banned the export of rice with immediate effect, although the ban is limited to varieties of non-basmati white rice.

India imposes major rice export ban, prompting inflation concerns

Why India holds the key to global rice market outlook

Vietnam, the world's third biggest exporter of rice, has started buying the grain from rival India for the first time in decades after local prices jumped to their highest in nine years amid limited domestic supplies, four industry officials told Reuters.

Vietnam buys Indian rice for first time in decades