
Canberra (VNA) – Standing Vice Chairwoman of the Vietnamese National Assembly TongThi Phong called at the Vietnamese Embassy in Canberra and met with representativesof the Vietnamese community in Australia on January 12.
The legislativeleader is in Australia to attend the annual 28th meeting of the Asia-PacificParliamentary Forum (APPF 28) from January 13-16.
VietnameseAmbassador to Australia Ngo Huong Nam reported to the NA Vice Chairwoman thatthe Vietnamese community in Australia now numbers more than 300,000, who havebeen working actively to connect the two countries.
Representativesof the community said they are proud of the strong development of the homecountry in all aspects, and the enhanced position of Vietnam in the internationalarena. They affirmed their wish to continue contributing to Vietnam-Australiarelations and preserving the traditional cultural characteristics for theirchildren and grandchildren.
NA Vice Chairwoman TongThi Phong briefed the Vietnamese community on the achievements that Vietnam hasmade in 2019. She highlighted that the latest session of the NA had adoptedmany important legal documents, such as the revised Labour Code, the law on alcohol-relatedharm prevention, the resolution on developing ethnic minority regions and theresolution approving two legal documents on the national border between Vietnamand Cambodia.
She reiteratedthe policy of the Party and State of Vietnam that considers overseas Vietnamesean integral part of the Vietnamese nation. She said the Party and State will addressissues raised by the overseas Vietnamese such as nationality, and asked theEmbassy to regularly report the expatriates’ opinions and petitions to the Governmentfor timely revision of policies.
The NA leaderexpressed her wish that the overseas Vietnamese will continue to preserve thetraditional cultural characteristics, strengthen bonds among in the communityand work to eradicate hostile and mistaken thinking towards Vietnam./.