President Lee Jae Myung and Communist Party of Vietnam General Secretary To Lam shake hands after their summit at Vietnam's presidential palace in Hanoi, Wednesday. Yonhap
HANOI — Korea will be able to export heat-treated poultry meat to Vietnam, as leaders of the two nations agreed on it during their summit in Hanoi, Wednesday, as part of efforts to increase bilateral trade volume.
The agreement, reached between President Lee Jae Myung and Communist Party of Vietnam General Secretary To Lam, suggests that samgyetang (traditional Korean ginseng chicken soup) and frozen fried chicken will be sold ready-made in Vietnam amid the global popularity of Korean culinary culture.
This was part of other measures of collaboration discussed during the summit, addressing various sectors including medical devices, railways, artificial intelligence (AI), secondary batteries, intellectual property and cultural content.
“The two countries agreed on the mutual exports of heat-treated poulty products,” Lee said in a joint statement announced after the summit. In September 2025, Korea allowed imports of such products from Vietnam.
“We will accelerate cooperation to expand agricultural and livestock trade,” the president added, noting such cooperation will be based on a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on animal health and quarantine cooperation.
Heat-treated poulty exports will contribute to the goal of increasing bilateral trade volume to $150 billion by 2030, up from $94.5 billion in 2025, he said.
President Lee Jae Myung and Communist Party of Vietnam General Secretary To Lam, accompanied by their officials, hold a summit at Vietnam's presidential palace in Hanoi, Wednesday. Yonhap
The summit took place during Lee’s first state visit to Vietnam, regarding which he said he was pleased to “witness firsthand the dynamic development of Vietnam under the leadership” of Lam.
The president listed achievements since the establishment of bilateral ties in 1992, including Vietnam becoming Korea’s third-largest trading partner and Korea being Vietnam’s largest foreign investor, as he assessed that the summit set the stage for elevating the comprehensive strategic partnership formed in 2022.
Source: Korea Times News
