Truong Thi Mai, head of the Mass Mobilisation Commission of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee meets with MP Damien O’Connor president of New Zealand - Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Group on October 19. (Photo: VNA)
Sydney(VNA) – Senior officials from New Zealand have suggested Vietnam and theircountry work towards Strategic Partnership when meeting with Truong Thi Mai,head of the Mass Mobilisation Commission of the Communist Party of VietnamCentral Committee from October 18-20.
During the visit toNZ, Mai and her entourage met Christopher Finlayson, Attorney-General of NewZealand, Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, Minister in Charge ofGovernment Communications Security Bureau, and Minister in Charge of theSecurity Intelligence Service in Wellington.
The Vietnamesedelegation also had working sessions with Mayor of Wellington City JustinLester and officials from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and MaoriDevelopment and the New Zealand – Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Group.
During the meetings,senior officials from NZ spoke highly of the good progress of the ComprehensivePartnership between the two countries since it was found in 2009. Since then,two-way trade has climbed nearly three-fold and a direct flight route has beenlaunched between HCM City and Auckland.
The two nations havebecome an important partner to each other in multiple areas, working togethertowards peace and stability in the region. The officials also asked for effortfrom both sides to take the relation to Strategic Partnership.
Mai, for her part,praised the robust development of New Zealand in all fields. She said Vietnamalways attaches importance to New Zealand in its foreign policy and looksforward to taking the Comprehensive Partnership to new height.
She also updated herhosts on the latest developments in the East Sea, expressing hope that NewZealand will coordinate closely with Vietnam, ASEAN and other involved partiesin ensuring security and freedom of navigation and overflight there and pushingfor the settlement of disputes in the sea via peaceful means in line withinternational laws, including the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
While in the NZ, Mai and her entourage met representatives from the Vietnamesecommunity and the staff of the Embassy of Vietnam.-VNA
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Nghia affirmed that this is a milestone of special significance, affirming and honouring the the Vietnamese revolutionary press’s glorious tradition of 100 years of serving the revolutionary cause of the Party, serving the Fatherland, and serving the people.
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NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man stressed the need to accelerate the application of artificial intelligence and smart teaching equipment, innovate teaching and assessment methods, and further improve the quality of formal education.
He also pledged that the NA will promote its ongoing supervision, making sure that every promise must lead to results, and every commitment must bring about real changes.
Truong Thi Mai, head of the Mass Mobilisation Commission of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee meets with MP Damien O’Connor president of New Zealand - Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Group on October 19. (Photo: VNA) 
