Prime Minister Le Minh Hung holds phone talks with New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon
WVR - On the afternoon of May 20, at the Government Headquarters, Prime Minister Le Minh Hung held phone talks with New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon.
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| Prime Minister Le Minh Hung holds phone talks with New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon. (Photo: Nhat Bac) |
Prime Minister Le Minh Hung congratulated Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on New Zealand's positive achievements in macroeconomic stability and social welfare assurance. He expressed gratitude for Prime Minister Luxon's significant contributions to the bilateral relations, particularly in elevating the relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in February 2025.
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon once again extended his congratulations to Prime Minister Le Minh Hung on his new position, affirmed that Vietnam is one of New Zealand's priority partners, and expressed a desire to further strengthen the Vietnam-New Zealand Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon congratulated Vietnam on its impressive development, emphasizing that Vietnam is one of the fastest-growing economies in the region.
Both sides expressed their delight at the effective and substantive development of Vietnam-New Zealand relations in recent times.
Prime Minister Le Minh Hung highly appreciated New Zealand as a reliable partner, having supported Vietnam early on in English training, human resource development, personnel training, as well as providing official development assistance in key areas such as agriculture, climate change response, and disaster risk management.
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| Prime Minister Le Minh Hung proposes focusing on six major orientations in the near future. (Photo: Nhat Bac) |
On the foundation of political trust and effective partnership, Prime Minister Le Minh Hung proposed that both sides focus on implementing six major orientations in the near future.
Accordingly, both sides will continue to consolidate political trust through enhanced delegation exchanges, high-level contacts, and bilateral cooperation mechanisms; promote more substantive defense and security cooperation through increased exchanges and capacity building in maritime, naval, and maritime security.
The two Prime Ministers agreed to continue promoting economic-trade-investment cooperation, striving to achieve a bilateral trade target of 3 billion USD; further facilitating market access for each country's strong products; and closely cooperating to effectively implement free trade agreements to which both countries are members, including the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (AANZFTA), the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), contributing to strengthening internal strength and economic autonomy, and better responding to current fluctuations.
New Zealand Prime Minister highly appreciated Vietnam's role as the rotating Chair of the CPTPP in 2026 and affirmed support for Vietnam to successfully fulfill this role.
The two Prime Ministers also shared measures taken by each country to stabilize the macroeconomy and respond to fuel price fluctuations, including fiscal policies and appropriate support policies for businesses and citizens.
The two Prime Ministers also agreed to enhance cooperation in responding to climate change, energy transition, sustainable agriculture, promoting low-emission agricultural models, and developing renewable energy, especially wind and solar energy.
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| Prime Minister Le Minh Hung proposes New Zealand to continue expanding scholarships for Vietnamese students and promote connections between universities and research institutes of the two countries. (Photo: Nhat Bac) |
Prime Minister Le Minh Hung proposed New Zealand continue expanding scholarships for Vietnamese students and promote connections between universities and research institutes of the two countries. He also suggested promoting the establishment of direct flights and more convenient connecting flights between Vietnam and New Zealand to facilitate travel and people-to-people exchanges.
The two Prime Ministers expressed concern over the current complex developments negatively impacting the economies of countries in the region, including Vietnam and New Zealand, leading to increased fuel prices, transportation costs, and disruptions in global supply chains.
On this occasion, Prime Minister Le Minh Hung and Prime Minister Christopher Luxon also shared assessments on the importance of dialogue, international cooperation, and adherence to international law in addressing regional security challenges. They agreed to continue exchanging and coordinating positions on regional and international issues of mutual concern, thereby enhancing political trust and contributing to peace, stability, cooperation, and development in the region and the world.
