Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung and Mark Sinclair, Acting Deputy Secretary for the Americas and Asia Group at New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, co-chaired the 12th Vietnam-New Zealand Political Consultation via videoconference on May 13.

The New Zealand Embassy in Vietnam and the Song Foundation has announced a contribution of VND800 million (NZ$48,000) from New Zealand to the Forest Symphony project in Ninh Thuan province in response to the Vietnamese Government’s commitment to plant one billion trees by 2025.

VOV.VN - The nation has risen to become Germany's largest trading partner in ASEAN and its fifth throughout Asia, while Germany remains the country’s largest trading partner in the EU, with bilateral turnover reaching over EUR13 billion last year.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Vietnam Pham Binh Minh invited New Zealand Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta to visit Hanoi during their phone talks on March 10.

VOV.VN - The Embassy of New Zealand and ActionAid Vietnam will provide support for female workers operating in informal sectors in the central city of Da Nang City and Thua Thien-Hue province in line with a new partnership.

The flourishing agriculture relationship between New Zealand and Vietnam was lifted to a new height with the signing of an agriculture cooperation arrangement at the first New Zealand – Vietnam High-Level Dialogue on Agriculture Cooperation on February 24.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has done a good job in their fight against the coronavirus pandemic, according to US magazine Business Insider citing Australian think-tank The Lowy Institute’s recently-published Index.

VOV.VN - Many forecasts have outlined the nation’s economic growth in the year ahead, with a reputable UK bank forecasting that the Vietnamese economy is likely to reach a growth rate of 7.8%, while the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has predicted it will reach a figure of 6.3%.

VOV.VN - The nation applauds Myanmar’s achievements over the past year recorded in structural reforms and impressive economic growth, with strong desires to continue boosting economic-trade and investment ties with Myanmar moving forward.

VOV.VN - The last year has seen several foreigners living in Vietnam experience unprecedented changes, particularly with 2020 being heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, meaning that travelling between countries has become increasingly difficult.