Wendy Matthews

New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Working on services, investment and digital. Retweets are not endorsements

[New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade @MFATNZ]

Do you export services, tech, or digital products overseas? 💻🌏Take part in our 15min survey to help us better understand the specific challenges and barriers service exporters are facing.
Hurry – survey closes this Sunday!
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[Wendy Matthews @WMatthewsNZ]

Hugely rewarding to join with @unwomenvietnam Elisa Fernandez Saenz to host a Women Leadership forum. Thanks to @MOFAVietNam Ambassador Nguyen Nguyet Nga, and other trade, foreign affairs, academic and diplomatic attendees for sharing ideas & experiences.

[Wendy Matthews @WMatthewsNZ]

Much to celebrate in 🇳🇿🇻🇳 relations in my farewell meeting with PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc. This year 🇳🇿🇻🇳became Strategic Partners, commemorated 45 years of diplomatic relations & 🇳🇿’s 45 years as dialogue partner of ASEAN, signed RCEP & business & investment links continued to grow.

[Wendy Matthews @WMatthewsNZ]

Honoured to moderate an interesting and important discussion on Women, Peace & Security & nation action plans today. Thanks to the distinguished panelists for sharing their expertise. Thanks also to @uninvietnam @MOFAVietNam for organizing this conference

[UN in Viet Nam @uninvietnam]

🇺🇳#WPS Conference in #Hanoi 🇻🇳Plenary Session 2 on #UNSCR1325 National Action Plan reviews good practices from regional & country experiences to ensure inclusive & #genderequality development & implementation of NAPs🕊 @MOFAVietNam @WMatthewsNZ

[Wendy Matthews @WMatthewsNZ]

Useful discussion with Vinamilk CEO Mai Kieu Lien about the important role of 🇳🇿dairy & 🇳🇿 agriculture expertise, technology & products in the growing 🇳🇿🇻🇳trade relationship

[Wendy Matthews @WMatthewsNZ]

Great to meet with HCMC Chairman Nguyen Thành Phong to discuss the flourishing 🇳🇿🇻🇳 strategic partnership & NZ’s important & growing education, innovation, food safety, trade & investment links with HCMC.

[Wendy Matthews @WMatthewsNZ]

Delighted to honour 6 outstanding 🇳🇿alumni in award ceremony in HCMC. They have achieved success in diverse fields; aviation, IT, culinary arts, climate change advocacy & business. Inspirational stories of growth & ‘making the impossible possible’ from their time in 🇳🇿

[Nguyen Phuong Linh @linhpnguyen]

Still time to register to our discussion tomorrow about Asia Pacific’s geopolitics and how New Zealand businesses can identify opportunities in Vietnam 👇

[New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade @MFATNZ]

The latest Economic Update for Viet Nam, prepared by @nzinvietnam 🇻🇳 has been published. Read full report: https://t.co/11L8nDzJwK

[Wendy Matthews @WMatthewsNZ]

RCEP signed today! A great achievement for ASEAN, China, Japan, Korea, Australia & NZ. RCEP is the world’s largest FTA, and its signing an important step in the region’s post COVID-19 economic recovery.

[New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade @MFATNZ]

New Zealand signs Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership | https://t.co/zGKgzChrog https://t.co/bZI7Pl4QZO

[Wendy Matthews @WMatthewsNZ]

Pleased to attend the New Zealand ASEAN summit this morning as 🇳🇿 PM Ardern & ASEAN leaders celebrated 45 years of partnership. Learn more about outcomes: https://t.co/AOQB0aDwLI

[New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade @MFATNZ]

On 14 November, New Zealand celebrates the 45th anniversary of our partnership with the Association of South East Asian Nations (@ASEAN). Watch to learn about how we work together, and read more at: https://t.co/7Bvr9jN9YK @nzasean @NZinASEAN

[Wendy Matthews @WMatthewsNZ]

Congratulations to 🇻🇳Lien Phong CEO Quoc Tuyen Te and 🇳🇿 McCallum (Only Organics) Director Muir McCallum for virtually signing trade cooperation arrangement. Another example of the 🇳🇿🇻🇳 trade relationship continuing to grow & diversify.

[Wendy Matthews @WMatthewsNZ]

Fabulous to meet the talented new batch of post graduate 🇳🇿scholarship awardees. Congratulations! A great investment in 🇻🇳‘s future leaders. These scholars will also strengthen the education and people to people links between 🇳🇿 & 🇻🇳.

[NZ Embassy Vietnam @nzinvietnam]

🇳🇿 is pleased to announce humanitarian aid totalling NZD$170,000 to communities in Central 🇻🇳 affected by severe flooding and landslides since early October. These funds include NZD$150,000 for @UNICEF_vietnam & NZD$20,000 for @WorldVision relief efforts. https://t.co/A86Qf3J2zC

[UNICEF Viet Nam @UNICEF_vietnam]

Thank you @nzinvietnam for the generous contribution to @unicef_vietnam to help families affected by the #VietnamFloods to meet their basic needs and build back better.
@WMatthewsNZ @MFATNZ @uninvietnam @OCHAAsiaPac @MOFAVietNam @VNGovtPortal @UNICEF_EAPRO @CarlaUNICEF

[New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade @MFATNZ]

We are proud to support Sir Robert Martin as 🇳🇿 New Zealand’s candidate for the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Watch below to find out more about Sir Robert and the Committee ⬇️ @NZUN @NZ_ODI

[Wendy Matthews @WMatthewsNZ]

This report tells the stories of the strong people to people, trade and education links between 🇳🇿&🇻🇳 in the past, now, & into the future. A great read to celebrate 45 years of partnership. @MOFAVietNam

[Asia New Zealand Foundation Te Whītau Tūhono @asianewzealand]

We have published a new research report - Viet Nam and New Zealand: Let’s go! - to mark the 45th year of NZ’s diplomatic relationship with Vietnam. Read more ⬇️@HaikeManning

https://t.co/b6JzWWRiqs

[South China Morning Post @SCMPNews]

New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern and her new cabinet, including the nation’s first openly gay deputy prime minister and the first female foreign affairs minister, were sworn in

[Wendy Matthews @WMatthewsNZ]

Congratulations to the fantastic intake 13 students of the 🇻🇳 DAV and 🇳🇿Victoria University Joint Programme. A successful partnership bringing great education outcomes and closer 🇻🇳🇳🇿 links. A fun opening ceremony today. @VicUniWgtn @MOFAVietNam