Leaders and the business community of South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province expressed their readiness to welcome Vietnamese enterprises to explore cooperation opportunities as well as strengthen relations between the countries.

There remains great potential for Vietnam and Malaysia to promote economic and trade cooperation, especially in information and communication technology (ICT), infrastructure investment, digital economy and Halal foods.

Vietnam is looking forward to Malaysia’s support to develop Halal food industry, contributing to lifting the bilateral trade to US$18 billion by 2025, Ministry of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien told his Malaysian counterpart Mohamed Azmin Ali during their recent meeting in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and his Malaysian counterpart Saifuddin Abdullah on November 15 co-chaired the sixth session of the Joint Commission for Economic, Scientific and Technological Cooperation between the two countries.

VOV.VN - Vietnam National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and Brunei Legislative Council Speaker Pehin Dato Abdul Rahman Taib, during their phone talks on June 9, discussed measures to promote cooperation between the two legislative bodies and within the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA).

Vietnamese food processors have opportunities to tap into the billion-US$ Halal market when attending a hybrid exhibition on Halal products and processed food scheduled in late May in Singapore.