Hanoi, Aug. 28 -- Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Tran Thanh Man held talks with Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives (Parliament) Gerry Brownlee in Hanoi on August 28. The event followed a welcome ceremony for the guest, who is on an official visit to Vietnam from August 27 to 31. Chairman Man welcomed Speaker Brownlee's visit, the first high-level trip since the elevation of Vietnam - New Zealand ties to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. He described this as a new stride in bilateral friendship and cooperation, especially in parliamentary diplomacy, and noted that the visit coincides with Vietnam's 80th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day - an event of national significance. Despite geographi...