Prime Minister Jim Bolger receives Party General Secretary Do Muoi on official visit to New Zealand (July 27, 1995). (Photo: VNA)
Prime Minister Phan Van Khai and New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark sign Joint Statement during official visit to New Zealand (May 9, 2005). (Photo: VNA)
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern meet Vietnam’s national women’s football team ahead of their participation in the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in New Zealand and Australia. (Hanoi, November 14, 2022) (Photo: VNA)
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh meets Vietnamese students at Victoria University of Wellington (Wellington, March 11, 2024). (Photo: VNA)
Party General Secretary To Lam receives New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on official visit to Vietnam and attending the 2nd ASEAN Future Forum (Hanoi, February 26, 2025). (Photo: VNA)
National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man meets New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on official visit to Vietnam and attending the 2nd ASEAN Future Forum (Hanoi, February 27, 2025). (Photo: VNA)
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visit the Van Mieu–Quoc Tu Giam special national relic site and experience traditional Vietnamese musical instruments (Hanoi, February 27, 2025). (Photo: VNA)
New Zealand House Speaker Gerry Brownlee (fifth from right) receives a delegation of Vietnam’s National Assembly Committee for National Defence, Security and External Relations on working visit to New Zealand, August 21–23, 2025. (Photo: VNA)
Vietnam exports to New Zealand include telephones and components, computers, electronic products and components, seafood, cashew nuts, and footwear. (Photo: VNA)
Bringing Vietnam–New Zealand Comprehensive Strategic Partnership to new heights
Vietnam and New Zealand are celebrating 50 years of diplomatic relations in 2025, marking a journey from friendship to deeper cooperation. Over the past five years, the two countries have advanced their Strategic Partnership (2020–2025), culminating in the upgrade to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in February 2025. This milestone reflects the growing depth of bilateral ties, serving the interests of both peoples and contributing to peace, stability, cooperation and prosperity in the region and beyond.
