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Vice President Ma'aru Amin gives press statement in Yogyakarta - 

Voinews, Jakarta - Indonesian Vice President Ma’aruf Amin welcomed the opportunity for cooperation between Indonesia and Vietnam regarding the provision of halal certification. This was conveyed by the Vice President when answering media questions regarding the Vietnamese Government’s desire to collaborate with Indonesia regarding the provision of halal certification.

VietnameseAmbassador to Indonesia Ta Van Thong conveyed his will for cooperation sometime ago. In a press statement after reviewing the Self-Help Housing Stimulant Assistance Program (BSPS) and handing over social assistance from BAZNAS tothe community, in Sleman, Yogyakarta Special Region on Tuesday (9/10, VicePresident Ma’aruf Amin said there are two options regarding halal certification.

“I think we will respond to Vietnam’s wishes. There are two things, are they just a kind of management agency whose certification is in Indonesia or do they also have an agency for their own certification. Only we provide guidance and recognition. Vietnam can choose between the two”, Vice President Amin said. 

Vice President Ma’aruf Amin stated that he would encourage the Vietnamese government to communicate with the Halal Product Guarantee Organizing Agency (BPJPH) in Indonesia.

The Vice President explained that Indonesiaalready has various forms of cooperation in the sharia sector with a number ofcountries, including in Korea there is a halal institution with the name “This is Halal Indonesia” and in Shanghai, China under the name “Al-Amin”//VOI