The Prime Minister's leaving Vietnam, confident he's achieved a deal which benefits Kiwi companies doing business in the region

Christopher Luxon's spent the week in Hanoi, and Ho Chi Minh City -- rubbing shoulders with the Vietnamese political elite.

He says the new, comprehensive strategic partnership agreement between the two Governments, is a major win.

Luxon also says he leaves feeling confident about the state of the relationship between the two countries at a political, trade and diplomatic level.