Strengthening international cooperation to develop the Halal market

(DN) - On the afternoon of November 10, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs chaired the mid-term online conference of the Project "Strengthening international cooperation to build and develop Vietnam's Halal industry by 2030". Attending the conference were representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, representatives of associations, experts as well as agricultural production and export enterprises.

Mr. Nguyen Viet Thang, Deputy Director of the Provincial Department of Foreign Affairs chaired at the Dong Nai province bridge.

Mr. Nguyen Viet Thang, Deputy Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs, chaired the meeting at Dong Nai province. Photo: B.Nguyen

According to information at the conference, the Muslim population in 2024 is 2 billion people, forecast to increase to 2.2 billion people in 2030, accounting for 1/3 of the world's population. The Halal market reached 2 trillion USD in 2024 and is expected to reach 3 trillion USD in 2030. Up to now, the whole country has about 1,000 enterprises that have, are, and are preparing to participate in the Halal market. Among them, many large corporations and enterprises in the agricultural and food industry have participated, becoming the leading force leading the agricultural product export chain to this market. This is a new market with a lot of potential and has not been fully exploited, especially for agricultural and food products.

The conference focused on discussing solutions to continue effectively implementing the Project "Strengthening international cooperation to build and develop Vietnam's Halal industry by 2030" such as: Need to soon complete the legal framework and regulations related to Halal; solutions in connecting information, promoting trade, supporting businesses to access and boost exports to the Halal market; need to remove limitations in accessing the Halal market such as changing awareness, training human resources of businesses about this new market; solutions to specifically support businesses, groups of strong agricultural products to enter this new market; solutions to build livestock and agricultural growing areas for the Halal market; establish a synchronous legal framework to manage products and services according to Halal standards;...

Ms. Nguyen Phuong Tra, Director of the Middle East - Africa Department (Ministry of Foreign Affairs ) said: The conference attracted a lot of comments. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will acknowledge all contributions with the goal of continuing to effectively implement the Project "Strengthening international cooperation to build and develop Vietnam's Halal industry by 2030". In particular, the role of the Government, ministries, agencies, and sectors accompanying businesses is very important to effectively implement the project in the new period.

Binh Nguyen

Source: https://baodongnai.com.vn/tin-moi/202511/tang-cuong-hop-tac-quoc-te-phat-trien-thi-truong-halal-94c16a9/