He added that he will ask New Zealand to consider and recognise the Vietnamese community as an ethnic minority group. They have contributed greatly to the host nation as well as the Vietnam – New Zealand relations. In addition, Vietnam is investing in resources of Australia, which in turn is importing more products from Vietnam. The first phase of the Long Thanh International Airport project requires a total of nearly VND110 trillion. In the year to early this month, over 141,000 Chinese had crossed the Mong Cai International Border Gate to Vietnam.