(VOVWORLD) - The New Zealand government's official website, beehive.govt.nz, along with many other national media outlets, on Thursday highlighted the elevation of Vietnam and New Zealand relationship to a comprehensive strategic partnership.
 New Zealand media highlight upgrade of ties with Vietnam |
The article on beehive.govt.nz detailed that this upgrade was announced during New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s visit to Viet Nam as the two countries mark 50 years of diplomatic relations. Both leaders discussed opportunities to further grow and deepen the relationship between New Zealand and Vietnam across economics, trade and investment, defence and security, education, and people-to-people connections under the new partnership.
It quoted Luxon’s remarks stressing that strengthening relationship with Vietnam is incredibly important to New Zealand’s economic future, with more opportunities for businesses at home to access this crucial market. The New Zealand PM expressed his delight that he and Vietnamese PM Chinh agreed to take the relationship between the two countries to the next level - a comprehensive strategic partnership, the highest level of partnership with Vietnam. This is a fitting way to commence the 2025 anniversary year, Luxon added.
Other prominent New Zealand news outlets, including rnz.co.nz, 1news.co.nz, and scoop.co.nz, also featured the announcement, highlighting the elevation of the bilateral relationship.
These articles say New Zealand is the 10th country with which Vietnam has upgraded its relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership. PM Luxon’s remarks were widely quoted, emphasising New Zealand’s ongoing efforts to strengthen ties with key countries that will play an increasingly important role in the region and globally in the years ahead.
The media outlets also provided extensive coverage of the welcoming ceremony for PM Luxon in Hanoi, his talks with his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Minh Chinh, and the key statements made by both leaders.