The Department of Industry and Trade recently organized a seminar on promoting the export of Dak Lak’s crucial agricultural alongside seafood products to the Halal market, while also disseminating about the Vietnam-Israel Free Trade Agreement (VIFTA) coupled with the Vietnam-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) in 2026.

At the seminar, experts together with provincial business representatives discussed the significance along with demands in the global Halal market, as well as future development directions for Vietnam’s Halal industry. Businesses updated their knowledge regarding food safety measures in conjunction with animal and plant quarantine requirements applicable to agricultural alongside food products destined for the Halal market. They also proposed solutions aimed at helping enterprises integrate into production coupled with supply chains serving the global Halal market.

Representatives from various organizations and businesses attending the seminar.

Dak Lak province possesses numerous agricultural alongside food products with export advantages combined with potential, including coffee, pepper, various nuts, seafood, and processed foods. The Halal market extends beyond nations with large Muslim populations; it is rapidly expanding in scale, scope, along with global influence. Accessing the Halal market creates additional export opportunities as well as helps businesses standardize production, improve quality, combined with enhance competitiveness. Furthermore, VIFTA alongside CEPA are opening up novel prospects for Vietnamese enterprises in general together with those in Dak Lak province in particular to enter the Halal market.

Addressing the seminar, Mr. Nguyen Hai Trieu, Deputy Director of the Dak Lak Department of Industry and Trade, emphasized that Vietnam has been actively implementing major international-integration policies, expanding economic coupled with trade relations, while improving the exploitation effectiveness into overseas markets. Alongside traditional export markets, proactively researching, accessing, in coordination with expanding into novel, high-potential markets is an urgent necessity for localities and businesses. In particular, the Halal market offers substantial opportunities, with significant growth potential combined with rising demand for food, agricultural, and aquatic products.

Translated by TRINH THUY