At the meeting, General Secretary To Lam thanked Prime Minister Luxon for his kind remarks about Vietnam and the bilateral relationship, and highly appreciated New Zealand's foreign policy of always attaching importance to connecting with the Southeast Asian region. The development of trust in the Vietnam-New Zealand political relationship is the foundation for the two countries to enhance comprehensive cooperation.
General Secretary To Lam welcomed Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's official visit to Vietnam on the occasion of the two countries celebrating the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations.
The General Secretary highly appreciated the results of the talks between the two Prime Ministers, especially the issuance of the Joint Statement upgrading Vietnam - New Zealand relations to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
Defense and security cooperation has developed positively, clearly demonstrating the two countries' responsibility for peace and stability in the region. The General Secretary suggested that the two countries continue to promote economic and trade cooperation and develop specific strategies to enhance connectivity between the two economies.
The General Secretary also highly appreciated New Zealand as a country with good administration and governance, an advanced and modern economy, science, technology and education, which are areas that Vietnam is in great need of in its development process.
New Zealand is becoming a trusted and favorite destination for Vietnamese students to choose to study and research...
The two leaders believe that the framework of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership will bring great common benefits and contribute to peace and development.
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon thanked the General Secretary for his affection and concern for New Zealand and the relationship between the two countries. He was moved by the warm welcome from the Party, Government and people of Vietnam.
New Zealand wishes to accompany and support Vietnam in achieving its socio-economic development goals. New Zealand is ready to welcome more Vietnamese students, scientists and researchers to study and conduct research.
Prime Minister Luxon also wants to promote tourism, trade and investment cooperation and connect the business community.
The two leaders agreed to cooperate more closely on regional and international issues. General Secretary To Lam thanked New Zealand for always supporting Vietnam and ASEAN's stance on the East Sea issue. Vietnam is ready to cooperate and support New Zealand in further strengthening relations with ASEAN and moving towards upgrading the ASEAN-New Zealand dialogue relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
President Luong Cuong welcomed Mr. Christopher Luxon on his first official visit to Vietnam as Prime Minister of New Zealand.
Meeting with Prime Minister Christo
At the Luxon Forum, President Luong Cuong emphasized that the visit contributed to creating new momentum, bringing the relationship between the two countries to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
The President appreciated New Zealand's role as a reliable partner, active co-operation and support for Vietnam over the past half century. The upgrading of relations to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership opens a new phase of cooperation.
The New Zealand Prime Minister was impressed by Vietnam's strong development in recent years and affirmed his desire to strengthen cooperation with Vietnam.
The two leaders were pleased with the outstanding achievements of cooperation in many fields, especially education and training, agriculture, trade, culture, people-to-people exchange, etc.
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon conveyed the Governor-General of New Zealand's invitation to the President to visit New Zealand.
The President thanked the New Zealand Government for increasing the number of scholarships for Vietnamese students by 56% and asked New Zealand to continue supporting Vietnam in technology transfer and training experts and high-quality human resources.
The two leaders agreed that Vietnam and New Zealand share common views and visions on regional and global issues. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon reaffirmed New Zealand's support and assistance to Vietnam in its role as host of APEC in 2027.
Previously, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held talks with New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon.
Vietnam is one of New Zealand's priorities in Southeast Asia, a reliable partner with great potential.
The two Prime Ministers stressed that political trust and strategic trust between the two countries have been increasingly strengthened through the exchange of delegations at all levels and people-to-people exchanges. The two leaders affirmed their political determination to strengthen all-round ties, accompany and support each other in the development of each country, as well as contribute to the harmonious handling of common challenges.
Two-way trade turnover has increased steadily over the years, from 300 million USD in 2009 to 1.3 billion USD at present. More than 600 Vietnamese officials have been trained in English and professional skills in New Zealand since 1992. More than 600 scholarships at secondary school, master's and doctoral levels from the New Zealand Government have been awarded to Vietnamese students.
New Zealand has implemented many meaningful development aid projects, especially the project to support Vietnam in improving the quality of avocado, dragon fruit, passion fruit and the dam and dyke safety project in the Central provinces.
The two Prime Ministers witnessed the exchange of documents on diplomatic cooperation, climate change, agriculture, health, and education.
The two leaders agreed to upgrade the Vietnam-New Zealand relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. The two countries aim to diversify supply chains, strive for a bilateral trade target of US$3 billion by 2026 and double two-way investment.
The two countries will create breakthroughs in science and technology cooperation, digital transformation, green transformation, agriculture and climate change response.
New Zealand continues to provide financial, technological and knowledge support to Vietnam to implement international commitments on climate, implement energy transition, develop renewable energy...
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