▁a ▁strong ▁tradition ▁of ▁rice ▁production . ▁It ▁has ▁the ▁fifth - larg est ▁amount ▁of ▁land ▁under ▁rice ▁cultiv ation ▁in ▁the ▁world ▁and ▁is ▁the ▁world ' s ▁largest ▁exp orter ▁of ▁rice . ▁ ▁Th ailand ▁has ▁plans ▁to ▁further ▁increase ▁its ▁land ▁available ▁for ▁rice ▁production , ▁with ▁a ▁goal ▁of ▁adding ▁ 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁hect ares ▁to ▁its ▁already ▁ 9 . 2 ▁million ▁hect ares ▁of ▁rice - g row ing ▁areas . ▁ ▁The ▁Th ai ▁Ministry ▁of ▁Agricult ure ▁expected ▁rice ▁production ▁to ▁yield ▁around ▁ 3 0 ▁million ▁tons ▁of ▁rice ▁for ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁ ▁The ▁most ▁produced ▁stra in ▁of ▁rice ▁in ▁Th ailand ▁is ▁j asm ine ▁rice , ▁which ▁has ▁a ▁significantly ▁lower ▁yield ▁rate ▁than ▁other ▁types ▁of ▁rice , ▁but ▁also ▁normally ▁fetch es ▁more ▁than ▁double ▁the ▁price ▁of ▁other ▁stra ins ▁in ▁a ▁global ▁market . ▁ ▁Vietnam ▁▁ ▁R ice ▁fields ▁in ▁Vietnam ▁( ru ộ ng ▁or ▁c án h ▁ đ ồ ng ▁in ▁Vietnam ese ) ▁are ▁the ▁pre domin ant ▁land ▁use ▁in ▁the ▁valley ▁of ▁the ▁Red ▁River ▁and ▁the ▁M ek ong ▁D elta . ▁In ▁the ▁Red ▁River ▁D elta ▁of ▁northern ▁Vietnam , ▁control ▁of ▁season al ▁river ine ▁flo od ings ▁is ▁achieved ▁by ▁an ▁extensive ▁network ▁of ▁dy kes ▁which ▁over ▁the ▁centuries ▁total ▁some ▁ 3 0 0 0   km . ▁In ▁the ▁M ek