Officials from Vietnam, a leading export competitor with Thailand, predict prices will reach about This week the Philippines' National Food Authority offered almost $665 a ton for 600,000 tons of Vietnamese rice.

VOA: standard.2009.12.17

"The one thing which one can say about this election -- and we haven't been able to say this for any election within living memory -- is that the only certain thing is that we cannot predict the outcome, even on the day before the poll."

VOA: standard.2010.05.05