The 3rd Vietnam-New Zealand Foreign Ministers' Meeting (FMM-3) was held in Hanoi on November 26 under the co-chair of Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung, and New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters.
During the meeting, the two ministers signed an Action Program to implement the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for the period 2025-2030.
The two ministers affirmed that economic-trade and investment cooperation still holds much potential, requiring more robust and breakthrough measures to strive for a bilateral trade turnover of $3 billion by 2026. This includes focusing on strengthening business connections and effectively implementing free trade agreements of which both countries are members.
Minister Trung encouraged New Zealand businesses to increase investment in Vietnam. Minister Winston Peters, for his part, thanked Vietnam for opening its market to some New Zealand agricultural products and hoped for continued facilitation for other products.
Both sides agreed to further expand cooperation in education, people-to-people exchanges, aviation connectivity, tourism, science and technology, green economy, digital economy, agriculture, and climate change response.
On this occasion, the New Zealand Foreign Minister handed over a note announcing a grant of NZD3 million from the New Zealand Government to Vietnam to help overcome the aftermath of recent storms and floods.
Google translate