Auckland, Aug. 13 -- General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam attended the 2026 Vietnam-New Zealand higher and vocational education forum in Auckland on August 13 afternoon (local time), part of his ongoing state visit to New Zealand. At the forum, Penny Simmonds, New Zealand Minister for Tertiary Education and Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology, hailed the long-standing and wide-ranging connections between the two countries, affirming that educational cooperation has been a cornerstone of bilateral relations and will remain an important component of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. Simmonds welcomed the signing of an educational cooperation agreement during the visit, ...