The officials expressed their joy at flourishing Việt Nam – New Zealand ties in recent years, especially in defence-security, agriculture, development assistance, tourism, education and people-to-people exchanges. They said the joint statement on strengthening the Việt Nam – New Zealand comprehensive partnership towards a strategic partnership in 2015 laid a foundation for strengthening bilateral ties. Minister McCully affirmed his country wants to support Việt Nam in accelerating growth and development, and realising its industrialisation and modernisation goals through official development assistance, trade and investment. New Zealand will make it easy for Việt Nam to export tropical fruits to the Oceania country, while continuing to provide Việt Nam with technical assistance in agriculture. Minister McCully reaffirmed New Zealand will continue supporting Việt Nam to help the Asian country organise meetings and activities in APEC Year 2017.

Source: Viet Nam News April 24, 2017 21:56 UTC