PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc to tour New Zealand, AustraliaPrime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his spouse will pay official visits to New Zealand from March 12-14 and Australia from March 14-18. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan PhucIn Australia, PM Phuc will attend the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in Sydney. The visits will be made at the invitations of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. The two nations aim to raise bilateral trade to 1.7 billion USD by 2020, making economic cooperation a pillar of their relationship. Australia has landed 378 projects valued at 1.7 billion USD in Vietnam, focusing on industry and construction, services, education, processing industry and agro-forestry-fisheries sector.-VNA

Source: VietNamNet News March 06, 2018 12:45 UTC