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In recent years, Hanoi’s agriculture sector has created favourable conditions for organisations and individuals to develop the farm economy.

Malaysia’s halal market is expected to contribute 8.1 percent to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), with export revenue estimated to be 56 billion RM (14 billion USD) in 2025, according to a report from the Prime Minister’s Office.

Districts in HCM City are looking into setting up designated areas for food street vendors in an effort to ensure pandemic safety and order on the streets.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in co-ordination with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development held a forum on November 30 to highlight the potential of the global Halal food market and the opportunities for Vietnamese enterprises to gain entry into the lucrative market.

An online forum was held in Hanoi on November 30 to introduce the potential of the global Halal food market and the opportunities for Vietnam, with over 300 delegates from home and abroad taking part.

The Vu Lan festival which falls on the 15th day of the 7th lunar month is an occasion for Vietnamese people to express their gratitude toward their parents.

With improved living conditions, more and more people are looking for high quality and exquisite cuisine. The high-end food market of Ho Chi Minh City is getting hotter.

The food market to serve the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival is bustling with various kinds of products to meet increasing public demand but also poses high risks of unsafe food or violations in food safety and hygiene.

Vietnamese consumers are becoming more concerned about the food they eat and have pressing needs for safe food, heard a forum in Ho Chi Minh City.

The vegetarian food segment has been attracting a great deal of attention from businesses in recent years and gradually satisfied the tastes of customers.

The Vietnamese Government encourages foreign firms in milk production and processing to expand production, upgrade technology, apply energy saving solutions in the country.

Saigon beer from Vietnam has impressed Israeli visitors at the first Asian Food Market held in Tel Aviv city in mid-November.

Many Japanese companies are exploring investment opportunities in the Vietnamese food market, which is expected to grow at around 5 percent this year.

The Republic of Korea will introduce its traditional foods at the 2016 K-Food fair to be held in Ho Chi Minh City from September 8-11, heard a press briefing on August 24.

The Vietnam Trade Promotion Centre for Agriculture (VTPCA) will open a safe food market at No.489 Hoang Quoc Viet st., in Cau Giay district, Hanoi twice every month.

A seminar and business meeting themed "Korean food market access", supporting Vietnamese businesses to boost farm product exports to the Republic of Korea (RoK) market, was held in Hanoi on May 24.

The Vietnamese food market is witnessing an increasingly fierce competition between sausage manufacturers, with the participation of many famous brand names like VISSAN, Duc Viet and CPV.

HCM City Health Department officials have urged consumers to buy products with clear origin sold at clean and hygienic trading places to ensure food safety.

Vietnam’s food market is at its busiest ever, as investors are pouring into the industry on the back of local people’s increasing demands for food and beverages.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the Australian Embassy in Vietnam co-organised a forum on food safety, a pressing issue in the country, on November 11 in Hanoi.