Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son has suggested Vietnam and New Zealand early complete the signing of an action programme for 2021-2024 on the sidelines of the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week to push forward their strategic partnership.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son hosts a reception for New Zealand Ambassador Tridene Dobson in Hanoi on October 28. (Photo: baoquocte.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – Minister of Foreign AffairsBui Thanh Son has suggested Vietnam and New Zealand early complete the signingof an action programme for 2021-2024 on the sidelines of the APEC EconomicLeaders’ Week to push forward their strategic partnership.
The minister made the suggestion at a reception forNew Zealand Ambassador Tridene Dobson in Hanoi on October 28.
He also urged efforts to make it easier forVietnamese agro-fishery products to access the New Zealand market, towards the goal of bringing two-way trade to 2 billion USD in 2024.
Son used the occasion to call on New Zealand tomaintain its official development assistance (ODA) to Vietnam as well asscholarships for Vietnamese officials and students.
For her part, Ambassador Dobson spoke highly of Vietnam’smeasures to contain and adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic in a flexible andeffective fashion, saying New Zealand has also rolled out similar strategiesand measures.
The ambassador said she is working with New Zealandagencies on how to help Vietnam cope with COVID-19, and thanked the SoutheastAsian nation for its support to New Zealand in the early days when the islandnation took over the APEC Chairmanship in 2021.
New Zealand attaches importance to developing the strategicpartnership with Vietnam in various fields, she said, informing her host thatNew Zealand is implementing many development programmes to help Vietnam respondto climate change, develop rural areas and improve women’s capacity./.
Vietnam and New Zealand have pledged to enhance cooperation within the framework of free trade agreements (FTAs) as well as offer mutual support at multilateral forums such as the WTO and APEC.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and his New Zealand counterpart Nanaia Mahuta discussed strengthening cooperation within the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum during their phone talks on October 8.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc expressed his hope that trade between Vietnam and New Zealand will reach 2 billion USD in 2024 while receiving New Zealand Ambassador Tredene Dobson in Hanoi on October 26.
At the working session, General Secretary Lam presented the Party Committee of the VFF and central mass organisations with the Politburo’s Decision No. 304-QD/TW, which outlines the new structure, functions and tasks of the VFF Central Committee, marking a significant step in improving its organisational effectiveness.
Describing the exhibition as a large-scaled, content-rich, and unprecedented event with high requirements and limited preparation time, PM Pham Minh Chinh urged all ministries, sectors, and localities to participate with the highest sense of responsibility, ensuring the exhibition is inclusive, objective, truthful, feasible, and impactful.
Vietnam’s attendance reaffirms its consistent foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralisation and diversification, and comprehensive, intensive, extensive and effective international integration.
Cheng stressed that this is third time PM Chinh has attended the meeting and he is among the few senior government officials participating in this year's event, which is considered as a rare and commendable gesture.
The fact that the Vietnamese PM has been invited to attend and speak at this important event for three consecutive years reflects the WEF as well as the international business community's recognition and high regard for Vietnam's position, role, and contributions to global and regional economic growth.
This new era marks a crucial phase in which the country must strive with determination to fulfil its strategic objectives, achieving breakthrough development at new levels of sophistication, quality, and global standing, laying the foundation for further growth. Era after era forms a continuous history of development, ascending steadily from one level to the next.
The resolution on such mechanisms aims to serve as a legal basis for opportunely dealing with difficulties and hindrances caused by legal regulations in important, priority, and urgent areas that require immediate settlement so as to unlock resources, facilitate economic development, and turn legislation into a competitive edge.
PM Pham Minh Chinh instructed chairpersons of the People’s Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities to strictly follow the Ministry of Finance's guidelines on handling public finances and budgets, with a focus on preventing wastefulness, misconduct, or corruption.
Knapper reaffirmed the US's commitment to supporting a strong, independent, prosperous and resilient Vietnam, while respecting each other’s territorial integrity, sovereignty, independence and political systems.
Vietnam is deeply concerned about the escalating and complex conflict in the Middle East, which poses a serious threat to the lives and safety of civilians, as well as to regional and global peace and stability.
The Vietnamese Embassy advises the Vietnamese community living, studying, and working in Israel to strictly comply with directions from the Home Front Command and local authorities.
Lawmakers are set to vote on revisions and amendments to a broad spectrum of legal frameworks and impactful resolutions during the final week of the 15th NA's 9th session.
The State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs (SCOVA) has served as a bridge connecting and uniting the community with the homeland, becoming a trusted source of support for Vietnamese expats in times of hardship.
The programme to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses has achieved notable results, with nearly 263,000 housing units addressed to date, including 225,000 houses inaugurated and 38,000 under construction. Thirty-eight provinces and cities across the nation have already fulfilled their targets.
Stronger efforts and determination are required to achieve and surpass the set targets, especially in the eradication of makeshift and dilapidated houses nationwide, the acceleration of public investment disbursement, and the implementation of nationally important transport projects, PM Pham Minh Chinh noted.
The trip will be made at the invitations of Chinese Premier Li Qiang and WEF President and CEO Børge Brende, according to an announcement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son hosts a reception for New Zealand Ambassador Tridene Dobson in Hanoi on October 28. (Photo: baoquocte.vn) 
