Governor-General of New Zealand Patsy Reddy (second, right) and Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Viet Dung (second, left) pose for a photo at their recent meeting (Photo: VNA) Hanoi(VNA) – Governor-General of New Zealand Patsy Reddy has pledged to support theenhancement of the friendship and multifaceted cooperation with Vietnam, especiallyin sustainable development.
At a recent reception for outgoing Vietnamese Ambassador to New Zealand NguyenViet Dung, the Governor-General expressed her delight at the strong developmentof the two countries’ comprehensive partnership.
She praised the ambassador’s contributions to consolidating and strengtheningbilateral ties in a wide range of areas, especially politics-diplomacy, economy-trade,education-training, agriculture, tourism and health care.
She said she admires the achievements Vietnam has made in economic developmentover the past time.
For his part, Dung said that Vietnam and New Zealand have maintained theregular exchange of delegations at all levels and are implementing the actionprogramme for 2017-2020.
The two countries have seen a strong growth of bilateral trade in recent years,with a record rise of 30 percent to 1.6 billion NZD (1.2 billion USD) lastyear.
These will help develop the bilateral cooperation in an intensive and practicalmanner, creating a premise for the upgrading of the relations to a strategicpartnership in the time to come, he said.
On the occasion, the ambassador conveyed President Tran Dai Quang’s invitationto the Governor-General to visit Vietnam in an appropriate time.
Earlier, Dung came to say goodbye to New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister andForeign Minister Winston Peters.-VNA
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