HANOI, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Vietnam's rice exports in the January-August period are estimated to have risen about 19% from a year earlier to 4.7 million tonnes, government data released on Monday showed.

Revenue from rice exports in the period is seen up 8.5% to $2.3 billion.

August rice exports from Vietnam, one of the world's leading shippers of the grain, likely totalled 650,000 tonnes, worth $309 million. (Reporting by Phuong Nguyen)

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