Experts see a golden opportunity for Vietnam to tap into the booming Halal market, fueled by a surging global Muslim population.

Visakan Investment and Biotechnology Development Joint Stock Company (Visakan) on May 2 held a ceremony in the northern province of Bac Ninh to mark its first shipment of veterinary medicine valued at over US$200,000 to Indonesia - a Halal market.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese enterprises should strive to meet the relevant standards in terms of product quality, food safety, and hygiene, especially Halal certification, in order to make inroads into the Malaysian market, suggested industry insiders.

Enterprises exporting to Saudi Arabia must be aware that the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) only accepts Halal certification from the list of their verified and recognised bodies, the Import-Export Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade has warned.

VOV.VN - Measures aimed at producing and exporting products to the international halal market, as well as key information to further promote the sustainable development of the Vietnamese halal industry took centre stage at a seminar held on December 21 in Hanoi, with the participation of experts and representatives from a number of countries, organisations, and busine

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Turkey will increase economic cooperation to soon raise their two-way trade turnover to US$4 billion in the coming years from nearly US$2 billion recorded last year.

A webinar was held by the Export Support Centre under the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency on November 3 to seek ways promoting the export of farm produce, processed and Halal food to Indonesia.

VOV.VN - A forum opened with the theme of “Cooperation and Development on Halal industry in ASEAN” on October 31 in Ho Chi Minh City to help Vietnamese businesses seize upon opportunities to participate more deeply in the supply chain of Halal goods.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Ministry of Tourism of Saudi Arabia signed an action programme on October 19 aimed at promoting tourism cooperation between the two countries.

Vietnam’s tourism sector is working hard to attract more tourists from Muslim countries (Halal tourists) which is seen as a potential market for the global tourism industry.