The period from April to July 2015 mainly covers the harvesting period of winter/spring rice and also the sowing of the 10th month or North rice in Vietnam. Crop condition in April was slightly better than the average of the previous five years, then reverted to close to average or even below average in July, before returning to above average again at the end of the month. This is also confirmed by the profiles of NDVI: All five profiles show above average conditions from July on forward. More than 85% of the crops are in favorable condition. Only about 10%of the crops show fair conditions, including those in the northeast provincesof Lang son, Bac Giang and Quang Ninh. The maximum VCI of the current period is0.89, indicating acceptable overall conditions. Among the CropWatch agroclimatic and agronomic indicators, both RAIN (-2%) and TEMP (+1°C) were about average.In contrast, RADPAR (+4%) was slightly above average. Since the rainfall and temperature were favorable, the -10% decrease in biomass accumulation (BIOMSS)and the sharp drop of NDVI in early July may be attributed to the TyphoonKujira (see also section 5.2). Overall crop condition in the country is satisfactory.

Figure3.33. Vietnam crop condition, April-July2015