However, economic cooperation is still modest, with shipmentsto Australia only accounting for about 2 percent of Hanoi's exports, and thenation’s direct investment in the city only reaching 500 million USD.
Dung proposed the two sides further promote collaboration, especially in cultural exchanges, tourism, education, smart city building and high-tech agriculture, given that Australia has strengths in capital, managementexperience, and scientific and technological capacity while Hanoi has potentialfor quality labour and is a large market with a stable growth rate.
According to her, the fields Australian investors are currentlyinterested in can suit Hanoi's needs, including agriculture,education, energy, services, and digital economy.
She affirmed that Australia is willing to meet Hanoi's demand and will always encourage its businesses to provide the citywith quality and effective capital.
Appreciating Vietnam's commitments to climate change at theUnited Nations Climate Change Conference 2021 (COP26), Ambassador Robyn Mudiesaid that Australia, which is developing many related solutions, can also cooperate with Vietnam in this field.
Thanking the diplomat for her ideas, the Hanoi leader expressed his wish that the Ambassador will continue popularising theimages of Vietnam in general and Hanoi in particular to Australian friends andthe international community./.
VNA