During his recent reception for the New Zealand Ambassador to Viet Nam, Mr Haike Manning, Da Nang Party Committee Secretary Nguyen Xuan Anh highlighted the fruitful bilateral cooperative relationship with New Zealand in education and non-governmental aid.  He remarked, however, that the bilateral cooperation in trade and investment is still lower than expected.

Ambassador Manning (left) and Secretary Anh

Secretary Anh hoped that the relationship with New Zealand would be further strengthened in all aspects, with a focus on such local priority sectors as tourism services, hi-tech industries, and IT.

The host said that Da Nang is making every effort to ensure the best preparations for the 25^th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC 2017) summit which will take place in the city in November 2017.  He thanked the New Zealand government for helping the city to organise the on-going English skills training course for employees from local government departments and agencies who are involved in the preparations for the APEC 2017 summit.

The New Zealand Ambassador stressed the need for the 2 sides to boost their cooperation in education, tourism, hi-tech industries and agriculture.  He hoped that Da Nang would establish cooperative ties with even more New Zealand localities as soon as possible.

Ambassador Manning expressed his belief that Da Nang would successfully organise the APEC 2017 summit, and use it as a golden opportunity for the city to advertise its image to more international friends.

In another meeting, the New Zealand Ambassador met with municipal People’s Committee Chairman Huynh Duc Tho and stressed the need for Da Nang to boost bilateral cooperation with some New Zealand localities in various aspects.  The focus should be on organising more exchange programmes amongst government employees and students to boost their mutual understanding of their cultures, and to promote bilateral relations.