The top 11 most delicious Vietnamese rice varieties chosen by consumers

Rice is an indispensable food for every Vietnamese citizen. Here, Bách hóa XANH would like to introduce to you the top 11 most delicious Vietnamese rice varieties that consumers prefer through the following article.

Vietnam is a country famous for its long-standing rice civilization, where many delicious rice varieties are produced in the world. So which Vietnamese rice varieties do consumers love to choose? Let’s find out through the following article with Bách hóa XANH!

1. ST25 Rice

ST25 Rice – the world’s best rice, named after the place where it was researched and produced. ST25 stands for Soc Trang 25. This is a Soc Trang fragrant rice variety that has been researched for 20 years by engineer Ho Quang Cua and Dr. Tran Tan Phuong, engineer Nguyen Thi Thu Huong. The ST25 variety is a new fragrant rice variety that is renowned for many “top-notch” qualities.

In 2019, ST25 rice was recognized as the best rice in the world after surpassing rice varieties from Thailand and Cambodia at the 11th World’s Best Rice competition organized by The Rice Trader. In 2020, ST25 rice won second prize at the “2020 Best Rice in the World” competition held in the United States.

The factor that makes ST25 rice special is thanks to the nutritional components contained within each grain of rice. The protein content in rice is ten times higher than that of regular rice, along with fiber and magnesium. ST25 rice grains are slender, white, and not hollow. When sniffed, it will have a fragrance like the smell of com. Rice cooked from ST25 rice is very delicious, chewy, and sweet. Especially, this type of rice has a high protein content, so it is suitable for people with diabetes, both the elderly and children.

Price reference: About 35,000 VND/kg

Learn more: What is ST25 rice? Where to buy it? How to distinguish real ST25 rice from fake?

2. ST24 Rice

ST24 Rice is famous as one of the top 3 best rice varieties in the world researched by engineer Ho Quang Cua and widely grown in Soc Trang. The rice grains are slender, small, white, fragrant with the scent of pandan leaves when cooked, producing fragrant and chewy rice, even when it cools down. Especially, it has a high nutritional content that makes it easy to be full, suitable for the elderly and people with diabetes, so this rice variety is a preferred choice for many people for their parents.

Price reference: About 36,000 VND/kg

Learn more: What is ST24 rice? ST24 rice varieties at Bách hóa XANH

In addition, there is also a clean rice specialty from Soc Trang that many consumers choose, which is ST21 rice. ST21 rice, also known as Long Lai rice, is produced from the ST fragrant rice variety that is a specialty of Soc Trang province. ST21 rice is a carefully selected, hybridized fragrant rice variety, so it has outstanding nutritional content as well as a delicious fragrance and is widely grown. Therefore, ST21 rice has become familiar to Vietnamese consumers.

3. Jasmine 85 Fragrant Rice

Jasmine 85 rice is a popular rice variety in Vietnam, the Jasmine rice variety is a popular rice variety in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam in the winter-spring and summer-autumn crops, which yields stable productivity. Jasmine 85 fragrant rice is slender and white when cooked, has a distinctive fragrance, and has a mild sweetness that is easy to eat, making it a popular rice variety that is produced and exported to many other countries