New Zealand Prime Minister arrives in Vietnam, starting four-day visit

Minh Vu

Nov 14, 2022 / 04:03 PM

The visit will strengthen strategic partnerships between the two countries and promote multi-faceted cooperation, such as politics-diplomacy, defense-security, economy, investment, labor, education, technology, climate change, and digital transformation.

New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday arrived in Hanoi for a four-day visit to Vietnam, the country she called “an increasingly key and fast-growing market.”

Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (R) receives New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in Hanoi on Monday [Nov 14]. Photos: VNA

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's visit to Vietnam will last for four days.

Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City will be two destinations of the visit.

The two PMs at the welcoming ceremony held in Hanoi on Monday.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern meets high-ranking officials of Vietnam.

PM Jacinda Ardern lays a wreath at the Ho Chi Minh mausoleum in Hanoi.

The two PMs head towards a joint meeting.

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