As the Vietnam–China Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership continues to deepen and expand, agriculture and seafood are emerging as key pillars of bilateral economic cooperation. The trend toward importing higher-quality products, coupled with increasingly stringent requirements for food safety, traceability and production standards, is creating significant opportunities for companies with strong value-chain capabilities and a long-term vision.
Vietnam–China Seafood Market: Significant Potential for Value-Chain Players
According to industry data, China is currently one of Vietnam’s largest seafood import markets, particularly for live and frozen products. In 2025, Vietnam’s seafood export turnover exceeded USD 11 billion, of which the China and Hong Kong market accounted for nearly USD 2.4 billion, up nearly 28% year-on-year. Notably, China is the leading importer of Vietnamese seafood, especially for live and frozen categories such as shrimp, sea snails, clams and sea crabs — segments with rising requirements for food safety and traceability.
In parallel with market demand, Vietnam–China trade cooperation in seafood is also being advanced at the policy level. The expansion of the list of products and enterprises licensed for export is helping to remove technical barriers, streamline procedures and broaden distribution channels. This sets a clear requirement: companies seeking deeper participation must invest systematically in quality, standards and value-chain organization.
KLC Group: Building Capabilities Ahead of a New Wave of Cooperation
Amid the sector’s opportunities and challenges, KLC Group has adopted an in-depth development strategy focused on areas aligned with national advantages and long-term market demand. Seafood import-export is identified as one of the Group’s strategic pillars, not only due to market size, but also because of increasingly high demands for quality, production organization capability and the ability to serve major import markets.
KLC Group is systematically building its operational foundation through KLC Seafood — its member company developed under a closed-loop supply chain model, controlling the entire process from farming areas, sourcing and processing to export. Its export portfolio focuses on high-value seafood, with lobster as one of the key products serving demanding markets.
This approach not only enables the Group to meet standards for food safety, traceability and transparency, but also to maintain stable supply capability, proactively secure raw materials, and minimize risks related to quality, timelines and market volatility when engaging major markets such as China and Hong Kong.
KLC Seafood Recognized as Market Expands Cooperation
As quality and standards become paramount in Vietnam–China trade cooperation, KLC Seafood being awarded the “National Quality Products and Services 2026” title marks a notable milestone. The award is part of the Vietnam Top Brands Award program, organized by the Research Institute for Enterprise Quality Assessment and Human Resource Development (IQD), based on an independent assessment of product quality, management capability, standards compliance and operational transparency.
These are also critical prerequisites for Vietnamese seafood enterprises to participate more deeply in major markets. This national-level recognition demonstrates that KLC Seafood’s capability to meet such standards has been validated, while reflecting the consistent direction pursued by KLC Group: Leading a multi-sector ecosystem toward sustainable development, accompanying Vietnam into a new era.