The pair shook hands at the summit amid conflicting reports over whether they would meet.

Trade Minister David Parker says investment settings are more important than trade deals.

The future of TPP has been thrown into doubt after Canada's sudden about-face.

It is understood that Canada is now holding up proceedings.

How Trade Ministers from 11 nations made a blunder of Oscars Best Picture proportions.

Antony Suvalko and Leanne Kitchen on the delicacies of this Vietnamese city's cuisine.

Lucy Casley explores one of Vietnam's most beautiful cities.

Lucy Casley stays at a beautiful French classical style hotel with excellent restaurants.

Phil Taylor and family are charmed by the laidback exoticism of Vietnam.

Ron Ridgeway was mourned, his name on a tombstone. Five years later, he came home alive.

Lucy Casley luxuriates at a very plush Vietnam hotel.

The price of five beach essentials is highest in Norway - and lowest in Vietnam.

More people were travelling more often thanks to record low flight prices.

Lucy Casley checks into a Hoi An spot with wonderfully friendly staff.

Some TPP provisions could still apply to the US, says Todd McClay.

Once the iconic images of old Saigon, three-wheeled cyclos are on the way out.

Cruising on Vietnam's Halong Bay is an voyage of discovery for Lucy Casley.

Lucy Casley spends the night in a Deluxe cabin on a boat cruise in Vietnam's Halong Bay.

Lucy Casley checks in to a Ho Chi Minh City hotel with an excellent rooftop pool and bar.

Lucy Casley shares her guide to making the most of Hanoi's many treasures.

International festival, Sea Walls: Murals for Oceans, organised by PangeaSeed, a public art project that brings the oceans into the streets around the world, is coming back to Napier for a second year. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A trip to Vietnam is fine, whatever the weather, writes Eli Orzessek.

President Donald Trump's official counsellor, Kellyanne Conway has told TV audiences to "go buy Ivanka's stuff".

In Vietnam, Eli Orzessek finds friends to help him navigate a new country.

The Funky Monkey Boy Band performs on a boat in Nha Trang, Vietnam.

With global growth under pressure, the outlook for the export-dependent region is faltering.

The growth in new air routes is stoking travel by New Zealanders to new destinations, according to a House of Travel survey.

Tristram Clayton checks into the Park Hyatt Saigon.

Hospital staff in China were horrified to find a poor little girl was forced into marriage and fell pregnant to a much older man.

Samsung has bet large on Vietnam, and farmers are now earning more than bankers.