Vietnam and New Zealand established diplomatic relations on June 19, 1975. Over the past five decades — and five years since launching their Strategic Partnership (2020–2025) — the two countries elevated their ties to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in February 2025. This milestone has further deepened cooperation, benefiting both peoples and contributing to peace, stability, and prosperity in the region and beyond.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh suggested Vietnam and France promote collaboration in economy, trade, investment, culture, heritage, architecture, and education and training, while also expanding into new areas.
Party General Secretary To Lam and President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko agreed to elevate bilateral ties to a strategic partnership during talks held on May 12, as part of the former’s state visit to Belarus.
Son expressed his sincere appreciation to Ryzhenkov and his colleagues for their meticulous preparations for the first visit to Belarus by a Vietnamese Party chief after 11 years.
Vietnamese Party General Secretary To Lam and President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko inked the statement following their talks in Minsk, part of the former’s state visit to Belarus.
The adoption of the joint statement on the establishment of a strategic partnership between the two nations during this visit marks a historic milestone, laying a foundation for further strengthening bilateral relations in the coming time.
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam To Lam and his spouse, along with the Vietnamese delegation, paid a state visit to the Republic of Kazakhstan from May 5-7 at the invitation of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. During the visit, the two sides issued a Joint Statement on the Establishment of Vietnam - Kazakhstan Strategic Partnership.
The two leaders exchanged their notes on orientations to foster the bilateral ties and agreed on specific measures to develop cooperative ties in a deeper and more substantive and effective manner, while discussing regional and international issues of mutual concern.
At the JCM, the two sides agreed to establish a joint working team to formulate a strategic partnership roadmap and to identify key sectors for deliverables at the next high-level visit.
The Indonesia-Switzerland collaboration focuses on three main pillars, namely increasing public sector efficiency and economic competitiveness; strengthening human resource capacity through vocational education; and developing sustainable infrastructure.
Party General Secretary To Lam urged the Philippine Ambassador to focus on promoting several areas of bilateral cooperation, including enhancing political-diplomatic cooperation through facilitating high-level exchanges and contacts; boosting economic connectivity for the goal of 10 billion USD in bilateral trade; strengthening collaboration in security-defence, and maritime and oceanic matters; and promoting cooperation in other fields such as culture, sports, tourism, education and training, climate change adaptation, and disaster mitigation.
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's upcoming trip to Vietnam, accompanied by a strong business delegation, aims to strengthen and expand ties with an important partner like Vietnam, according to New Zealand Ambassador Caroline Beresford.
Vietnamese Ambassador to New Zealand Nguyen Van Trung underscored that by consolidating strategic political trust, creating breakthroughs in economic and trade cooperation, and transcending collaboration to new areas, Vietnam and New Zealand will capitalise on their potential towards a prosperous future
During his official visit from February 25-28, New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon will meet with Vietnamese leaders, discussing ways to enhance the strategic partnership as well as methods for bilateral cooperation.
Vietnam - India relations have continuously obtained significant achievements across various fields since the establishment of diplomatic ties in 1972, the strategic partnership in 2007, and the comprehensive strategic partnership in 2016.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Czech counterpart Petr Fiala declared the upgrading of the Vietnam-Czech relations to a strategic partnership during their talks in Prague on January 20.
Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and his UK counterpart Keir Starmer held talks in London on January 15, discussing the elevation of the relations between both countries to strategic partnership covering all spheres.
On the occasion of the New Year 2025, Philippine Ambassador to Vietnam Meynardo Los Banos Montealegre spoke to Vietnam News Agency about the major achievements in Vietnam-Philippines relations in 2024 and prospects for 2025 as the two countries celebrate the 10th anniversary of their Strategic Partnership.
With bilateral trade hitting 7.1 billion USD in the first 11 months of this year, Brazil remains Vietnam's largest trading partner in Latin America, according to Vietnamese Ambassador to the Latin American nation Bui Van Nghi.
Argentina wants to foster cooperation with Vietnam in biotechnology, hi-tech agriculture and energy, towards a common goal of developing a green economy, newly-appointed Argentinian Ambassador to Vietnam Marcos A. Bednarski has said.
