Oryza sativa - Rice is the edible seed of a species of grass in the poaceae family. There are two primary subspecies; the short-grained Japonica variety, also known as sticky rice, and the long-grained Indica variety. More nutritional calories are consumed by humans from rice than any other food source. Rice production ranks as the third largest agricultural commodity and is only surpassed by sugar cane and maize. The domestication of rice began in China’s Yangtze Valley about 10,000 years ago
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The Portuguese and Dutch failed in their attempts to set up a trading colony in Viet Nam. French efforts were successful and culminated in France establishing Cochinchina in 1862. By 1884, France had taken control of the entire country and divided the colony into three sections; Amman, Chochinchina, and Tonkin. The French were ousted by the Japanese in 1940. With the Japanese surrender in 1945, Viet Nam was engulfed in civil chaos and was divided into North and South Viet Nam by the 1954 Geneva Conference.
