VOV.VN - Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son has suggested Vietnam and New Zealand early finalize the signing of an action programme for 2021-2024 on the sidelines of the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week to reinforce their strategic partnership.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc expressed his hope that trade between Vietnam and New Zealand will reach US$2 billion in 2024 while receiving New Zealand Ambassador Tredene Dobson in Hanoi on October 26.

VOV.VN - Senior expert Veeramalla Anjaiah of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) in Indonesia has expressed his great appreciation for Vietnamese efforts in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Vietnam expects to receive additional support in terms of COVID-19 vaccines and medical equipment from New Zealand to help it combat COVID-19, Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son told his NZ counterpart Nanaia Mahuta during their phone talks on October 8.

VOV.VN - The nation’s consistent policy is that all maritime cooperation activities of countries need to comply with the provisions stipulated in the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

VOV.VN - Oxfam in Vietnam, a non-governmental organisation, along with the Embassies of New Zealand and Switzerland, announced on October 5 a humanitarian aid package worth approximately US$57,000 to help migrant workers in Ho Chi Minh City get over difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vietnam is taking final steps and scheduled to complete the ratification of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) by November this year.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has requested that New Zealand help ASEAN in its ongoing response to COVID-19, providing timely and equal vaccine access, along with help with the bloc’s economic recovery.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc will attend a virtual informal meeting of leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum on July 16 at the invitation of APEC 2021 chair - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

VOV.VN - As members of several free trade agreements (FTAs), both Vietnam and New Zealand can seize upon opportunities to promote economic development and connect supply chains within FTAs to export goods to markets of partner countries, according industry insiders.