Autumn Fair 2025: A bridge of cooperation between Vietnamese and New Zealand businesses

VTV.vn - The New Zealand business delegation's activities at the Autumn Fair 2025 are the country's largest direct trade promotion trip to Vietnam in the past 5 years.

The Vietnam-New Zealand Trade, Investment and Business Connection Conference at the first Autumn Fair 2025 attracted more than 20 leading New Zealand enterprises to participate in seeking partners and investment opportunities in the Vietnamese market.

The event was organized by the Trade Promotion Agency ( Ministry of Industry and Trade ) in coordination with the Vietnam Trade Office in New Zealand and the ASEAN-New Zealand Business Council (ANZBC), aiming to promote trade and investment cooperation and supply chain connectivity between businesses of the two countries.

Vietnam is a potential investment partner.

Conference scene

More than 20 New Zealand businesses attended representing a wide range of sectors, from design-construction, technology, software to agricultural products, dairy, honey, nutritional products, health services, education , hotel investment, finance, real estate and import-export trade.

In his opening speech, Mr. Le Hoang Tai, Deputy Director of the Trade Promotion Agency (Ministry of Industry and Trade), emphasized: "Vietnam and New Zealand have built a close friendship for decades. Through this conference, many businesses of the two countries will find opportunities for practical and effective cooperation."

Mr. Le Hoang Tai, Deputy Director of the Trade Promotion Agency (Ministry of Industry and Trade) spoke at the Conference.

According to statistics from Vietnam Customs, in the first 9 months of 2025, the import-export turnover between Vietnam and New Zealand reached more than 1.1 billion USD. Of which, Vietnam exported 528 million USD to New Zealand and imported 587 million USD.

Vietnam’s main exports include phones and components, footwear, computers, electronic products, machinery and equipment, and textiles. In contrast, New Zealand has strengths in agricultural products, food processing, dairy products, and agricultural support technology – industries that can strongly complement Vietnam’s food production and safety.

Mr. Le Hoang Tai shared about the investment potential in Vietnam: "Vietnam is currently one of the most dynamically developing economies in the Asia-Pacific region, with an average GDP growth of 6-7%/year in the period 2016-2024."

With a population of over 100 million people, of which over 60% are of working age, Vietnam possesses a large consumer market and a young, skilled workforce. Its strategic position in the global supply chain, as a convenient transit point between East Asia and ASEAN, and its participation in 16 Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) helps Vietnamese goods access tariff preferences in more than 50 major markets.

The Vietnamese government is promoting green transformation, digital transformation and supporting industry development, opening up opportunities for foreign enterprises to cooperate in production, processing and distribution.

Opportunities to expand cooperation

Mr. Do Huu Tung, Vietnam Trade Office in New Zealand, said that from October 27 to November 1, 2025, the New Zealand business delegation will have a working program in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, including business dialogue, meetings with ministries and branches and attending the first Autumn Fair - 2025.

"This is not just a product promotion trip but a long-term connection journey, demonstrating the commitment to sustainable cooperation between businesses of the two countries," Mr. Tung emphasized.

Ms. Liz Bell, Executive Director of the ASEAN-New Zealand Business Council.

Ms. Liz Bell, Executive Director of the ASEAN-New Zealand Business Council, also shared that the goal of the New Zealand business delegation to Vietnam this time is to seek cooperation opportunities. Not only in traditional cooperation areas, New Zealand businesses also want to expand cooperation to new areas where the two countries have much potential and strength.

Mr. Le Hoang Tai also suggested that New Zealand businesses pay attention to investment cooperation in Vietnam in areas such as: exploring more high-quality supply sources from Vietnam; joint ventures in food processing, sustainable agriculture, cold logistics, clean energy and e-commerce; participating in trade promotion programs, fairs, and direct B2B between the two countries organized by agencies under the Ministry of Industry and Trade such as the Trade Promotion Agency and the Vietnam Trade Office in New Zealand.

2025 marks the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations and the 5th anniversary of the Vietnam-New Zealand Strategic Partnership. The conference is expected to create many new opportunities and promote trade between the two countries.

B2B direct connection session helps businesses of the two countries seek cooperation and trade opportunities.

Immediately after the conference, businesses participated in a B2B live networking session to seek specific business cooperation opportunities.

Binh Minh Food Joint Stock Company seeks partners at the Conference.

A representative of Binh Minh Food Joint Stock Company said: "The purpose of participating in this event is to seek cooperation opportunities with importers, supermarket chains and distributors in New Zealand, especially in the field of agricultural products and high-quality rice, and to introduce the Vietnamese rice brand to the New Zealand market - a market with great potential but very strict in terms of quality standards and traceability. In addition, this is also an opportunity to exchange and learn from experiences on consumer trends, sustainable business models, and quality control processes that New Zealand businesses are applying."

Representative of Ameii Vietnam Joint Stock Company introduces products to partners.

With the main products being exported to New Zealand being frozen sugarcane and frozen mango, Ms. Vu Thi Hue, Head of Import-Export Department, Ameii Vietnam Joint Stock Company, said that the company wants to expand the fresh agricultural products that are qualified for export to New Zealand such as seedless lemons, mangoes, dragon fruits, etc. as well as expand the customer base in this market. With experience exporting goods to New Zealand since 2018, Ms. Hue assessed that this is a potential market for Vietnamese agricultural products. However, this is a far away market with a long transportation time, so the company wants to prioritize exporting many processed agricultural products to diversify its products.

Mr. Maurice Iustini - Representative of MedCare Direct Investment Joint Stock Company

Mr. Maurice Iustini - Representative of MedCare Direct Investment Joint Stock Company came to the event with the desire to seek cooperation opportunities, connect businesses and organizations operating in the field of consulting, support businesses in the field of international investment, medical expertise and high-tech agricultural products, exploit logistics services in areas such as IoT solutions for Logistics, Data security; infrastructure modernization; and multi-sector digital transformation.

With great potential for cooperation and increasing interest from New Zealand businesses, trade relations between the two countries promise to develop strongly in the coming time./.

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