Also attending were Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son, Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son, and Minister of Science and Technology Huynh Thanh Dat.
On the side of the New Zealand-Vietnam Friendship Association, there are many members such as former Governor-General of New Zealand Anand Satyanand and many members who are successful people of Vietnamese origin here, such as female parliamentarian of Vietnamese origin Pham Thi Ngoc Lan, Mr. Pham Dang Khoa , Director of CodeHQ Technology Group - founder of the Vietnamese intellectual network in New Zealand (VietTechNZ)...
The Association's members expressed good feelings, especially for Vietnam, appreciated the important visit to the Prime Minister and believed that the visit would be extremely successful; Announce the activities of the Association and its members to contribute to promoting cooperation and constantly strengthening the friendship between the two countries and the two peoples.
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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh was delighted with the establishment and operation of the Association, showing his affection for Vietnam; Impressed by the beautiful nature and gentle and friendly New Zealand people. According to the Prime Minister, the two countries, two peoples, and people of the two countries have many similarities such as loving peace, hospitality, affection, sincerity but drastic actions.
Announcing the activities and results of the visit, the Prime Minister said that he could clearly feel the "heart to heart" affection between the people of the two countries, and the very high political trust between the two countries. The Prime Minister thanked the Friendship Association for organizing many practical activities, positively contributing to the results in the two countries' relations.
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The friendly relationship and cooperation between Vietnam and New Zealand has continuously developed strongly and is increasingly practical and effective in all fields, including many fields not limited to science and technology, education-training, innovation, circular economy, sharing economy, knowledge economy.
In the exchange between the Prime Minister and New Zealand senior leaders, the two sides highly agreed on the direction to promote bilateral relations in the coming time. The Prime Minister hopes to continue organizing the effective and substantive implementation of the agreements. achieved; To do so, we must promote human and people-to-people exchanges and promote economic, trade and investment cooperation.
The Prime Minister hopes that the Association will continue to have practical activities and make many contributions to strengthening people-to-people exchanges between the two countries and consolidating and strengthening cooperative relations between the two countries, especially in 2025, which is the year of Celebrating 50 years of establishing diplomatic relations and 5 years of strategic partnership.
The Prime Minister proposed that the Association have a voice with New Zealand agencies to have more favorable visa policies for Vietnamese people, promoting labor cooperation; continue to create favorable conditions for the Vietnamese community of 15.000 people, including 6.000 students and workers, to grow and develop and consider and recognize the Vietnamese community as an ethnic minority in the country of majority New Zealand. ethnic, multicultural.
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The Prime Minister hopes that members of the Association will continue to support and help Vietnam, especially in bringing Vietnamese students to study and research in New Zealand.
Appreciating the election of Vietnamese-origin parliamentarian Pham Thi Ngoc Lan, showing appreciation and no discrimination towards Vietnamese people, the Prime Minister hopes to have more Vietnamese-origin people participate in leadership positions. at New Zealand State agencies.
Thanking the respectful welcome, the Prime Minister invited the President of the Association and its members to visit Vietnam to reciprocate the warm and friendly feelings that the Association has given to the Vietnamese delegation.
