President Vo Van Thuong receives Ambassadors of New Zealand and Peru

According to VOV, receiving New Zealand Ambassador Tredene Dobson, President Vo Van Thuong highly appreciated the Ambassador's positive and effective contributions to deepening the friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and New Zealand.

New Zealand Ambassador Tredene Dobson recalled that she had a special term in Vietnam in the context of the world's COVID-19 pandemic. In difficult times, New Zealand treasures Vietnam as a sincere friend, supporting each other to overcome the pandemic and recover the economy .

The two countries resumed high-level dialogue immediately after reopening and the New Zealand Prime Minister chose Vietnam as the first country to visit after the pandemic (November 2022); then National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue visited New Zealand (December 2022).

After the pandemic, the Ambassador had the opportunity to visit localities in all three regions of Vietnam and expressed his impression of the hospitality of the Vietnamese people. The Ambassador said that New Zealand wishes to cooperate in many aspects with Vietnam, thereby aiming to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries in 2025.

President Vo Van Thuong was pleased to see that the two countries have resumed many high-level contacts immediately after the pandemic and promoted multifaceted cooperation to jointly recover the socio-economy. New Zealand's support programmes for Vietnam have achieved positive results.

The positive results in bilateral cooperation in recent times are the foundation for promoting cooperation activities, towards the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries in 2025.

Along with his contributions to promoting multi-faceted cooperation during his term, President Vo Van Thuong highly appreciated the Ambassador's many activities promoting people-to-people exchange.

Accordingly, on the occasion of the FIFA Women's World Cup held in New Zealand, the Ambassador organized many activities to support and cheer on the Vietnamese women's team. These activities contributed to bringing football fans as well as the people of the two countries closer together.

President Vo Van Thuong receives New Zealand Ambassador Tredene Dobson. Photo: VNA

Receiving Peruvian Ambassador to Vietnam Augusto Morelli, President Vo Van Thuong congratulated the Ambassador on successfully completing his 6-year term in Vietnam, making positive and effective contributions to promoting the good relations between Vietnam and Peru.

Ambassador Augusto Morelli expressed his joy at having a successful term in Vietnam, sharing many of Vietnam's development experiences. Vietnam is Peru's number one partner in ASEAN and appreciates many Vietnamese investors investing in Peru.

The Ambassador conveyed the Peruvian President's greetings to President Vo Van Thuong and said that 2024 will be the third time Peru will host APEC. Peru hopes that Vietnam will support and cooperate with Peru to successfully organize this event, and looks forward to welcoming the President to visit Peru and attend the APEC Summit.

On this occasion, the Ambassador expressed his gratitude to the President and the Vietnamese authorities for helping the Ambassador fulfill his duties during his term and respectfully presented the President with a ceramic gift from Peru, decorated by a Vietnamese artist.

President Vo Van Thuong thanked Ambassador Augusto Morelli for his good feelings and love for the culture, country and people of Vietnam. The President appreciated Peru for supporting Vietnamese enterprises to invest in Peru, including telecommunications enterprises, and hoped that the two countries would work towards increasing bilateral trade turnover.

Recalling his trip to attend APEC in the US in November 2023, the President said he met and discussed with Peruvian President Dina Ercilia Boluarte Zegarra. The two leaders agreed that the authorities of the two countries need to promote the organization of many practical and meaningful activities towards the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Peru in 2024.

Thanking the President of Peru for inviting him to attend the APEC Summit 2024, the President said that Vietnam will actively coordinate and support Peru in successfully assuming the role of host country. Vietnam thanks Peru for supporting Vietnam in hosting APEC 2027.

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