Agriculture is a critical part of the two-way trade and investment relationship.
Viet Nam exports a wide-variety of agricultural products to New Zealand, including tropical fruits, nuts, coffee, pepper and seafood, and Vietnamese dairy company Vinamilk has invested in New Zealand dairy company Miraka.
New Zealand’s agricultural exports to Viet Nam account for 66% of New Zealand’s total exports to Viet Nam and include dairy, furs and skins, fruit and vegetables, timber and seafood. Given the significant trade in food products between the two countries and the world-leading reputation of New Zealand’s food safety and quality assurance systems, the two governments signed a food safety cooperation agreement in March 2015 aimed at facilitating cooperation in this area and enhancing Viet Nam’s own systems.
Davi Nguyen
