President Luong Cuong receives Speaker of New Zealand Parliament

President Luong Cuong receives Speaker of the New Zealand Parliament Gerry Brownlee. Photo: VPCTN

President Luong Cuong welcomed National Assembly Chairman Gerry Brownlee on his first official visit to Vietnam; highly appreciated the important significance of the visit, which coincides with the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries (1975 - 2025) and Vietnam's 80th National Day; and believed that the visit would contribute to further developing the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between Vietnam and New Zealand.

The President sent his regards to New Zealand Governor-General Cindy Kiro; highly appreciated New Zealand for always being a reliable partner, actively cooperating and supporting Vietnam over the past half century; emphasizing that the upgrading of relations to Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in February 2025 has opened a new phase of cooperation, bringing the relationship between the two countries to develop more comprehensively and deeply, both bilaterally and multilaterally.

President Luong Cuong receives Speaker of the New Zealand Parliament Gerry Brownlee. Photo: VPCTN

The Speaker of the New Zealand Parliament expressed his delight at visiting Vietnam at a time when the Vietnamese people are joyfully celebrating their National Day; he said that this is a very special occasion to witness the pride and national spirit of the Vietnamese people.

Speaker of the National Assembly Gerry Brownlee sincerely thanked the Vietnamese State and people for their warm welcome; expressed his impression of Vietnam's strong development over the past 80 years; assessed that Vietnam is playing an increasingly important role and position in regional and international forums and affirmed his desire to continuously strengthen the friendly relations between Vietnam and New Zealand.

The two leaders were pleased with the outstanding achievements of cooperation in many fields, especially education and training, agriculture, trade, culture, and people-to-people exchange; they agreed that the two sides need to continue to concretize the contents of the new relationship framework through the early signing of the Action Program to implement the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for the 2025-2030 period with specific cooperation programs and measures in various fields.

President Luong Cuong receives Speaker of the New Zealand Parliament Gerry Brownlee. Photo: VPCTN

The two leaders agreed to continue to strengthen political trust, increase visits and exchanges at high and all levels; deepen cooperation in defense and security; and increase information exchange and assessments of the regional and world situation.

Appreciating the importance of people-to-people exchanges in strengthening bilateral relations, the two leaders agreed to further promote ties between the two countries’ people through cooperation in education and training, tourism and trade relations. President Luong Cuong suggested that New Zealand continue to increase the number of scholarships for Vietnamese students, while creating conditions for the Vietnamese community to live, study and work in New Zealand.

President Luong Cuong with Speaker of the New Zealand Parliament Gerry Brownlee and delegates. Photo: VPCTN

Speaker of the National Assembly Gerry Brownlee affirmed that New Zealand highly appreciates the contributions of the Vietnamese community in New Zealand and is committed to caring for and creating favorable conditions for the community.

The two leaders agreed that Vietnam and New Zealand share common views and visions on many regional and international issues; and agreed to continue to closely coordinate and support each other at multilateral forums, especially the United Nations, APEC, ASEAN and ASEAN-led mechanisms.

Source: https://vpctn.gov.vn/tin-tuc-su-kien/chu-tich-nuoc-luong-cuong-tiep-chu-tich-quoc-hoi-new-zealand.html