New Zealand newspaper praises Vietnam's economic growth rate

Vietnam is considered one of the fastest growing economies in the world, attracting New Zealand's interest in the fields of trade, tourism and cooperation.

Article on rnz.co.nz news site.

On March 12, the news site rnz.co.nz (New Zealand) published an article by author Alexia Russell titled “Why we want to be friends with Vietnam,” in which it stated that Vietnam is one of the fastest growing economies in the world and is promoting many trade relationships, including with New Zealand.

According to the article, Vietnam is also one of the most attractive tourist destinations in the world today, with the number of international tourists increasing by 43% last year, with many attractive features in terms of spending prices, natural landscapes and cuisine.

From September 2025, New Zealand tourists will find it easier to travel to Vietnam when low-cost airline Vietjet begins flights between Auckland and Ho Chi Minh City.

In addition, the closer relationship between New Zealand and Vietnam is not only in the field of tourism or Vietnamese students coming to universities in New Zealand to study.

During his recent visit to Vietnam, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon signed a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership agreement with Vietnam, paving the way for New Zealand businesses to enter this rapidly growing market.

Relations between Vietnam and New Zealand are growing. Since 2017, two-way trade has increased by 123% and Vietnam is now New Zealand's 14th largest trading partner.

"Vietnam is probably one of the countries that is still not talked about much," said Mark Piper, CEO of the Plant and Food Research Institute.

Mr Piper accompanied Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on a visit to Vietnam to review the research organisation’s five-year Viet Fruit programme, which is currently focused on passion fruit cultivation.

He said the program is really geared towards supporting production and post-harvest, such as increasing yields, how to get more out of the soil, resilience, eradicating insects or other diseases that might affect passion fruit as well as what happens post-harvest; and then training to ensure that yields are maintained.

Meanwhile, RNZ political correspondent Giles Dexter - who also accompanied Prime Minister Luxon on his visit to Vietnam - commented that the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement between the two countries means opening up more opportunities for substantive cooperation, in the context of many New Zealand businesses wanting to penetrate the Vietnamese market./.

(Vietnam+)

Source: https://www.vietnamplus.vn/bao-new-zealand-de-cao-toc-do-tang-truong-kinh-te-cua-viet-nam-post1020024.vnp