New Zealand Ambassador to Vietnam Haike Manning has vowed to work his
hardest to strengthen cooperation between the two countries during his
term.

Meeting with Deputy Minister of National Defence, Senior
Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh, in Hanoi on July 2, Manning said the
defence cooperation mechanism reached at the ASEAN Defence Ministerial
Plus Meeting (ADMM+) in Hanoi in October 2010 has ushered in cooperation
opportunities for both countries in various realms.
 
Deputy
Minister Vinh noted with pleasure the effective Vietnam-New Zealand
defence cooperation in the exchange of delegations, training, maritime
police, naval forces and experience on joining the United Nations
peacekeeping missions.

Besides bilateral cooperation, the two
countries actively supported each other at multilateral forums like the
ADMM+ and the ASEAN Regional Forum, he said.

He expressed his
hope that Manning will contribute his efforts to military and
people-to-people cooperation between the two nations.-VNA