New Zealand and Viet Nam signed a Comprehensive Partnership Agreement in 2009 as formal recognition of the growing strength of the relationship. The Comprehensive Partnership Agreement is implemented through an Action Plan.
Current priorities for cooperation under the second Action Plan 2013 – 2016 include agriculture, education, clean technology / environmental management / disaster relief, aviation and tourism. In 2015, the two countries released a Joint Statement which included the goal to further deepen and intensify the existing Comprehensive Partnership toward the establishment of a Strategic Partnership in the coming time.
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