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PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc meets mayor of NZ’s Auckland city

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged New Zealand’s Auckland city to expand its cooperation with Vietnam, especially in economy and trade, contributing doubling two-way trade between the two countries in the time ahead.
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc meets mayor of NZ’s Auckland city ảnh 1Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (4th, left) and Auckland’s mayor Phil Goff  (4th, right). (Source: VNA)

 Auckland (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged New Zealand’sAuckland city to expand its cooperation with Vietnam, especially in economy andtrade, contributing doubling two-way trade between the two countries in thetime ahead.

He made the suggestion at a meeting with Auckland’s mayor Phil Goff on March 12as part of his on-going official visit to New Zealand.

The PM also asked the two sides to step up their partnerships in education,science-technology, human resources development, urban planning, infrastructuredevelopment, high-tech agriculture and green energy.

The leader expressed his belief that with the foundation of the Vietnam-NewZealand relationship and its strength, Auckland will step up collaboration withVietnamese localities, helping deepen the comprehensive partnership between thetwo countries, gearing towards a new height.

He called on the mayor and the Auckland authority to create more favourableconditions for the Vietnamese community in the city to integrate into the hostsociety.

For his part, Goff congratulated Vietnam on its achievements, especially ineconomy, describing them as results of efforts made by Vietnamese leaders andpeople over the past time.

He highlighted the rapid and strong development of the Vietnam-New Zealandrelationship, especially people-to-people exchange and cooperation between thetwo countries’ localities.

Auckland now houses nearly 3,000 Vietnamese, he said, highly valuing theircontributions to the local development.-VNA
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