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On the evening of August 13 (local time), General Secretary and President To Lam and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation left Auckland city (New Zealand) to successfully end their State visit to New Zealand, at the invitation of New Zealand Governor General Dame Cindy Kiro. Download New Zealand officials see off General Secretary and President To Lam at Auckland International Airport - Photo: VNAThe delegation at Auckland International Airport includes: Minister of Trade and Investment Todd McClay; Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Grahame Morton; Director of South Asia and Southeast Asia Department, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Susannah Gordon; Chief of Protocol, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Sarah Walsh; New Zealand Ambassador to Vietnam Caroline Beresford. On the Vietnamese side, there were: Vietnamese Ambassador to New Zealand Phan Minh Giang and his wife and a number of officials and employees of the Vietnamese Embassy in New Zealand. Within the framework of the visit, General Secretary and President To Lam met with New Zealand Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro; talks with New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon; meeting with President of the New Zealand Parliament Gerry Brownlee; witnessed the ceremony of handing over cooperation documents and meeting with the press; Attended and spoke at the New Zealand - Vietnam Business Roundtable and the Vietnam - New Zealand Higher Education and Vocational Education Forum... At the meetings, the two sides looked back at the achievements in bilateral relations since the two countries upgraded their relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in 2025. The two sides agreed to continue strengthening political trust and comprehensively develop the two countries relationship through increased exchanges and contacts at high levels and at all levels, above. both Party, State, National Assembly and people-to-people exchanges, thereby effectively promoting policy exchange mechanisms. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon affirmed that New Zealand will continue to strongly promote cooperation in the field of trade and investment, thereby creating favorable conditions for businesses of the two countries to have opportunities to cooperate and invest in each other. Appreciating the practical and effective support of the New Zealand Government for Vietnam over the past many years, especially in the fields of agriculture and environment. General Secretary and President To Lam expressed his wish to continue accompanying in building green agriculture, low emissions, adapting to climate change, ensuring food security and enhancing added value for agricultural products; Build typical cooperation models on sustainable agriculture. Download General Secretary and President To Lam left Auckland city to return home, successfully ending his state visit to New Zealand - Photo: VNA. The two sides agreed to make education, tourism, connection and people-to-people exchanges important driving forces of bilateral relations. Accordingly, the two sides will expand cooperation in training high-quality human resources with qualifications, expertise and skills to meet the new development stage; encourage the airlines of the two countries to soon open direct flights to narrow the geographical gap between the two countries, contributing to opening up many new, more substantive and comprehensive opportunities for people-to-people exchange and cooperation. The two sides affirmed that they will continue to strengthen cooperation on regional and international issues of mutual concern at multilateral forums, especially the United Nations. The two sides also reaffirmed the importance of respecting international law in the region and resolving disputes in the East Sea by peaceful means, in accordance with international law, especially the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS 1982). Also within the framework of the visit, General Secretary and President To Lam and New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon witnessed the handing over of cooperation documents between ministries and branches of the two countries. The documents include: Implementing Agreement on Peacekeeping Cooperation between the Ministry of Defense of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Ministry of National Defense of New Zealand and the New Zealand Defense Force; Educational cooperation agreement between the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam and the Ministry of Education of New Zealand; Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in the field of agriculture and environment between the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment of Vietnam and the Ministry of Primary Industries of New Zealand; Market access agreement package between the New Zealand Ministry of Primary Industries and the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Environment; Letter of Grants Announced: CGIAR Asian Mega Deltas Initiative; ASEAN Climate Smart Agriculture Initiative. On this occasion, General Secretary, President To Lam and the Governor General of New Zealand visited an exhibition of works by famous photographer Fiona Pardington at the Starkwhite contemporary art gallery. This is a meaningful cultural exchange activity within the framework of a State-level visit, contributing to enhancing understanding of New Zealand culture, history and people, and demonstrating the importance of the two countries leaders for cultural and artistic exchanges and people-to-people connections - one of the important foundations of the Vietnam - New Zealand friendship.TTXVNRefer moreJoint statement between Vietnam and New Zealand on the occasion of the State visit of the General Secretary and PresidentTo Lam comes to New Zealand. See more: General Secretary and President To Lam meet with the Governor General of New Zealand. See more: General Secretary and President To Lam attend the New Zealand - Vietnam Business Roundtable. 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