New Zealand attaches great importance to developing cooperation with Vietnam, said Speaker of the New Zealand (NZ) Parliament Lockwood Smith. On September 10, Vietnam’s Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh visited the NZ Parliament and attended a parliamentary session and banquet hosted by House Speaker Smith. Mr Smith appreciated the Vietnamese Party Chief’s visit which, he said, has helped to deepen multifaceted cooperation between Vietnam and New Zealand. The two leaders agreed to establish a comprehensive partnership and expressed their delight at the fine development of relations between the two countries’ legislative bodies, demonstrated by the establishment of the Vietnam-New Zealand Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group and the reciprocal New Zealand-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group. They said that the legislative bodies of the two countries are playing an important role in promoting cooperation by building a legal framework for a … [Read more...] about Vietnam, New Zealand agree to build comprehensive partnership
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Vietnam, New Zealand aim to lift ties to strategic partnership
Vietnam and New Zealand have pledged to strengthen their comprehensive partnership, looking to build a strategic partnership in the future. The pledge was made by visiting Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his New Zealand counterpart John Key during their talks in Auckland on Thursday, according to the Vietnam News Agency. At their meeting, PM Key hailed the Vietnamese leader’s visit as an important event in addition to other activities to mark 40 years of the two countries’ diplomatic ties. Both host and guest expressed their satisfaction at the outcomes of bilateral cooperation in various areas, including politics, trade, investment, defense, security, culture, and education. The two countries will create the best possible conditions for goods and services to further enter each other’s market, the two premiers said. New Zealand will consider importing fruit such as rambutan, longan, star apple, and grapefruit from Vietnam, the two sides … [Read more...] about Vietnam, New Zealand aim to lift ties to strategic partnership
Enhancing Vietnam-New Zealand comprehensive partnership
(VOVworld) – After a solemn reception for Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung at New Zealand’s Government House on Thursday, the Vietnamese and New Zealand Prime Ministers held talks in a frank, open, trusting, and constructive manner. They reviewed the Vietnam-New Zealand relationship over the past 40 years, particularly since the establishment of the comprehensive partnership in 2009. They agreed to strengthen their comprehensive partnership towards a strategic partnership in the near future. At the talks, both sides pledged to create the best possible conditions for goods and services to enter each other’s market. The two PMs said their countries will enhance all-level delegation exchanges and diversify forms of contact including phone conversations, meetings on the sidelines of international conferences, and exchanging special envoys. The leaders discussed measures to boost cooperation in defence-security, education, people-to-people exchange, and … [Read more...] about Enhancing Vietnam-New Zealand comprehensive partnership
Vietnam, New Zealand discuss ways to advance partnership
Vietnam and New Zealand have agreed on a range of concrete measures to further develop their comprehensive partnership. The accord was reached at talks between President Truong Tan Sang and visiting Governor General of New Zealand Jerry Mateparae in Hanoi on August 5. They agreed to maintain exchanges of delegations at all levels, along with people-to-people exchanges. Efforts will be made to realise co-operation deals reached in the past, and the 2013-2016 Action Programme will be signed, while maintaining bilateral co-operation mechanisms like political consultations, national defence dialogues, and the joint committee on economic and trade co-operation. They also consented to cementing links between the two legislative bodies via the Vietnam-New Zealand Parliamentary Friendship Group and to co-hosting activities celebrating the 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties in 2015. The two countries will actively co-operate on national defence, implementing collaborative agreements on … [Read more...] about Vietnam, New Zealand discuss ways to advance partnership
Vietnam, New Zealand agree to boost defence cooperation
PANO - Vietnamese Defence Minister, General Phung Quang Thanh leading a high-ranking Vietnamese defence delegation has started an official visit to New Zealand at the invitation of New Zealander Minister of Civil Defence & Emergency Management Jonathan Coleman. On the morning of March 21st, Commander of the Joint Forces of New Zealand, Air Vice Marshal Kenvin Short hosted a grand ceremony to receive the Vietnamese Defence Minister and the visiting delegation at the Joint Force Headquarters of the New Zealand Defence Force in the New Zealander capital city of Wellington. On the same day, the visiting delegation, led by General Phung Quang Thanh and the host defence delegation led by Minister Jonathan Coleman had a talk. The visiting Defence Minister thanked the Civil Defence & Emergency Management Ministry of New Zealand and Minister Jonathan Coleman for the esteemed but friendly reception of the Vietnamese defence delegation. General Thanh confirmed that Vietnam always … [Read more...] about Vietnam, New Zealand agree to boost defence cooperation