Ardern 'opening up doors' for Kiwi businesses in Vietnam

Jacinda Ardern and Ecostore CEO Pablo Kraus cut the ribbon at Ecostore's store in Diamond Plaza in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

The Prime Minister has officially opened Kiwi company Ecostore's first store in Vietnam on the second day of her three-day trade delegation to Vietnam.

Jacinda Ardern cut the ribbon at Ecostore's store inside the Diamond Plaza, in Ho Chi Minh City, today.

Ecostore chief executive Pablo Kraus told 1News it's the company's second store in Asia, with one already in Tokyo, Japan.

Kraus said this trip is his second visit to Vietnam, adding that Ardern's presence has helped some of the companies "open up doors".

He explained how The Merino Company had been experiencing "some trouble with some of their manufacturing sites up here and it just seemed to make it really easy for them".

"But overwhelming, the support we had and the excitement we had as well. It's definitely quite empowering."

Trade between Vietnam and New Zealand has risen 43% in the last five years.

Ardern will be travelling to APEC in Thailand tomorrow.

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