Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and Chairman of the CPV Central Committee's Commission for External Relations Le Hoai Trung received visiting New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters in Hanoi on June 6.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand Winston Peters co-chaired the second Vietnam-New Zealand Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Hanoi on June 5.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh called for enhanced measures to bring the Vietnam-New Zealand trade value to 3 billion USD at the earliest while hosting a reception for Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand Winston Peters in Hanoi on June 5.

The visit to Vietnam by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand Winston Peters on June 5-6 demonstrates the importance the country attaches to strengthening relations with the Southeast Asian nation, a Vietnamese diplomat has said.

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of New Zealand Winston Peters have agreed to foster coordination between the two foreign ministries so as to strengthen cooperation between the two nations.

As the host of the APEC Year 2017, Vietnam played an important role in promoting the signing of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) in Chile on March 8, said New Zealand’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters.