this has been formalised most recently in decree no the role of various agencies in rice export management is divided as follows mard is responsible for forecasting the quantity of rice available for commercial export based on domestic production and consumption estimates and reserve volumes moit for seeking markets and negotiating governmenttogovernment g g food exporting agreements and the viet nam food association vfa is in charge of operating contract registration of rice exporting enterprises and allocating g g contracts among exporters box it is organised and operates under a charter ratified by the minister of the interior and under state management of mard members of vfa work together to coordinate food trading activities for the protection of legitimate interests of its members to contribute to food security to import export food in the international market in compliance with the state policies it receives no government funding to carry out these activities