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A Vietnamese goods fair will be held by the HCM City People’s Committee in Melbourne, Australia from November 26 – 28, featuring 34 exhibitors from both countries.

Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan held talks with President of the Australian Senate Scott Ryan after an official welcome ceremony in Hanoi on January 21.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc joined other ASEAN leaders and Australian PM Scott Morrison at an informal working breakfast in Singapore on November 14.

Vietnam and New Zealand on October 4 agreed to continue facilitating trade and investment between the two countries and providing broader access for agricultural products to each other’s market.

Vietnam commits to working to fulfil ASEAN’s targets in 2018, Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh recently told the media.

Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern on March 19 stressed the "huge potential" for a stronger economic relationship with Indonesia.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull will sign a Joint Statement on establishing the Vietnam – Australia Strategic Partnership during the former's visit to Australia.

Two-way trade between Vietnam and Australia surged by 58.9 percent year on year in the first month of 2018 to reach 595 million USD, according to statistics of the Vietnam Customs.

PM of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern said there is significant potential to grow NZ - VN relationship further and she will discuss with PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc how to harness the potential of the relationship

Australia will cut 90 percent of import tariff lines in 2018 and 100 percent of them in 2020 under the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement roadmap, said the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The ASEAN and its 10 partner countries agreed several major cooperation plans at the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference (PMC+1) sessions in Manila, the Philippines, on August 6.

Australia and New Zealand have huge potential for Vietnamese products like farm produce, aquatic products, coffee, cashew, computers, telephones and garments.

The New Zealand government said on October 17 that it is to review its free trade agreement (FTA) with ASEAN, citing a rising number of non-tariff barriers that hinder bilateral trade.

Vietnam is Australia’s fastest growing ASEAN trading partner as a result of trade deals like ASEAN Australia New Zealand FTA and proposed ones like the RCEP and TPP, HSBC has said in a recent report.

Vietnam needs to devise more measures to improve the quality of farm produce in order to meet technical standards of Australia, towards promoting export to the nation.

The 21st Consultation Meeting between ASEAN Economic Ministers and Economic Ministers from Australia-New Zealand Closer Economic Relations (ASEAN-CER 21) took place in Vientiane, Laos on August 4.

The 49th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting issued a Joint communiqué in Vientiane on July 24.

The liaison board of the Vietnamese business association in New Zealand was officially established during a meeting with Vietnamese businesses operating in the country.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement will open up great trade and investment opportunities for Vietnamese and Australian businesses.

Vietnam needs proper measures to turn opportunities created by the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement into reality and cope with any difficulties, an official has said.