Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc receives the New Zealand Minister of Agriculture, Biosecurity, Food Safety, and Rural Communities, Associate Minister of Trade and Export Growth, Damien O'Connor, Ha Noi, August 29, 2018 The PM made the statement during his reception for the New Zealand Minister of Agriculture, Biosecurity, Food Safety, and Rural Communities, Associate Minister of Trade and Export Growth, Damien O'Connor, in Ha Noi on August 29. Recalling his successful visit to New Zealand in March 2018, PM Phuc highlighted the fine relations between Viet Nam and New Zealand, emphasizing that Viet Nam always values the ASEAN-New Zealand strategic partnership. He spoke highly of New Zealand’s successful kiwifruit production value chain, he asked the New Zealand side to support Viet Nam in organizing the production and creation of a value chain for VietNam’s dragon fruit in order to boost exports. The Government leader also recommended … [Read more...] about PM calls for stronger trade and investment ties with New Zealand
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New Zealand looks to tap growing Vietnam market
Minister O’Connor (in the middle) makes a kiwi cheese cake at the Fonterra company’s kitchen in Ho Chi Minh City In Ho Chi Minh City, O’Connor met with Vietnamese officials had held talks to further political links. He also visited Fonterra company, New Zealand’s largest dairy company, which has established a long, successful 31-year presence in Vietnam. Fonterra has 100 local staff and 800 nutrition advisors and sales team members. The company supplies dairy products to more than 20,000 Vietnamese retail outlets. Every day, more than 659,000 glasses of Fonterra milk are consumed across Vietnam. O’Connor joined “test kitchen” at Fonterra’s office, making a kiwi cheese cake with ingredients from Vietnam and New Zealand, symbolically promoting agricultural products from his country, as also bilateral cooperation in this sector. In Hanoi, he met with his Vietnamese counterpart. “These meetings will help smoothen New Zealand … [Read more...] about New Zealand looks to tap growing Vietnam market
Vietnam PM suggests New Zealand cooperate in agricultural development
The Hanoitimes - New Zealand is willing to support Vietnam to organize production and create a value chain for Vietnamese farm produce to boost exports. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc suggested New Zealand cooperate with Vietnam in agricultural development while receiving Minister of Agriculture, Biosecurity, Food Safety, and Rural Communities Damien O’Connor in Hanoi on August 29. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc receives Minister of Agriculture, Biosecurity, Food Safety, and Rural Communities Damien O’Connor. Photo: VGP Recalling his successful visit to New Zealand in March 2018, PM Phuc stressed that Vietnam always attaches great importance to the ASEAN-New Zealand strategic partnership. Emphasizing the good relationship between New Zealand and Vietnam, the PM suggested the two sides promote trade and investment cooperation, especially the two-way trade increase that is still modest. Phuc praised New Zealand for its famous and successful kiwifruit … [Read more...] about Vietnam PM suggests New Zealand cooperate in agricultural development
PM suggests New Zealand support Vietnam with dragon fruit value chain
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) receives Minister of Agriculture, Biosecurity, Food Safety, and Rural Communities Damien O’Connor (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc suggested New Zealand support Vietnam to build a value chain for dragon fruit while receiving Minister of Agriculture, Biosecurity, Food Safety, and Rural Communities Damien O’Connor in Hanoi on August 29. The PM welcomed Minister O’Connor, who is also Minister of Trade and Export Growth, to visit Vietnam and recalled his successful visit to New Zealand in March 2018. He took this occasion to thank New Zealand for providing official development assistance (ODA) for Vietnam over the past time. The bilateral cooperation potential remains huge, including the production of Vietnamese avocado for exports, he said. New Zealand is hoped to help Vietnam organise production and create a value chain for Vietnamese dragon fruit to boost exports of this … [Read more...] about PM suggests New Zealand support Vietnam with dragon fruit value chain
HCM City seeks high-tech agriculture cooperation with New Zealand
New Zealand’s Minister of State for Trade and Export Growth Damien O’Connor prepares a kiwi cheesecake at the Fonterra innovation and test kitchen in HCM City. — VNS Photo Thu HằngViet Nam News HCM CITY — HCM City’s Party Committee Secretary Nguyễn Thiện Nhân on Tuesday met with Damien O’Connor, New Zealand’s Minister of State for Trade and Export Growth, to discuss the development of bilateral relations in trade, investment, education and high-tech agriculture. HCM City is shifting to urban farming with a priority in high-tech agriculture, according to Nhân. He said that HCM City and New Zealand had opportunities to improve co-operation and share experiences as well as technology transfer to develop clean agriculture, and improve productivity and the value of products. Nhân said that he hoped New Zealand would create favorable conditions for Vietnamese products to access the New Zealand market. … [Read more...] about HCM City seeks high-tech agriculture cooperation with New Zealand