The Asia Media Centre in New Zealand ran an article on July 23 covering the formal elevation of Vietnam-New Zealand ties to a strategic partnership level, expressing its belief in the opportunities and potential of this relationship in the future.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his New Zealand counterpart, Jacinda Ardern, agreed on major directions to boost the future Vietnam-New Zealand cooperation in all fields during their talks in Auckland, New Zealand, on March 13.
Vietnam attaches great importance to and wishes to strengthen relations with New Zealand, visiting Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has affirmed at talks with the host country’s leaders.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and the high-level delegation of Vietnam were greeted with the traditional Maori greeting and a 19-gun salute at an official ceremony at the Government House in Auckland city, New Zealand, on March 13.
Vietnam and New Zealand on July 27 affirmed their determination to raise two-way trade to 1.7 billion USD by 2020 during Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue’s working visit to New Zealand.