Hanoi (VNA) – Party General Secretary andPresident Nguyen Phu Trong and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc have extendedtheir greetings to Australian Governor-General Peter Cosgrove and Prime MinisterScott Morrison, respectively, on the 231st National Day ofAustralia.
Meanwhile, National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan hasalso sent her greetings to President of Australia’s Senate Scott Ryan and Speakerof the House of Representatives Tony Smith.
On the same occasion, Deputy Prime Minister and ForeignMinister Pham Binh Minh has cabled his greetings to Australian Foreign MinisterMarise Payne.
In their messages, Vietnamese leaders complimented importantachievements that Australia has gained in national development over decades,especially in economy, defence, security, education, and science-technology.
They lauded the increasingly active role of Australia and itscontributions to the Asia-Pacific region and the world as a whole, affirmingthat Vietnam will continue coordinating closely with Australia to realize thebilateral strategic partnership that was set up in March 2018.-VNA