Keyword: "ASEAN-Australia Special Summit"

Emeritus Professor Hal Hill from the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University has affirmed that Australia's future really lies in ASEAN.

At the roundtable dialogue between Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Australian companies in Melbourne on the sideline of the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit, major Australian groups have shown interest to invest a total of 5.18 billion USD in the Southeast Asian country.

New Zealand Acting Ambassador to Vietnam Wendy Hinton has highlighted the significance of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his spouse’s upcoming visit to New Zealand following his attendance at the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in Melbourne and his official visit to Australia.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his fiancee chaired an official welcome ceremony in Melbourne on March 5 afternoon (local time) for heads of delegations to the ASEAN - Australia Special Summit that marks the 50th anniversary of the ASEAN - Australia dialogue relations.

Tourism cooperation under the “Six Countries, One Destination” initiative, rising airfares and investment in the food industry were among the topics discussed at a meeting between Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and his Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim on March 5.

The Australian Government has announced that it will strengthen its cooperation with Southeast Asia through a new 10 million AUD (about 6.51 million USD) programme named Climate and Clean Energy Window, designed to bolster their joint efforts on climate change and clean energy.

A special summit to celebrate 50 years since Australia became ASEAN’s first Dialogue Partner in 1974 is taking place in Melbourne city on March 4 – 6, focusing on the discussion of partnerships for the future.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, his spouse Le Thi Bich Tran and the high-ranking delegation of Vietnam left Hanoi on March 4 morning for the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit to commemorate the 50th anniversary of ASEAN-Australia dialogue relations, and official visits to Australia and New Zealand from March 5 – 11.

Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Andrew Goledzinowski has emphasised the significance of the upcoming trip to Australia by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA).

The Interpreter, a publication of the Australian-based international policy think tank The Lowy Institute, has recently published two articles mentioning the Vietnam-Australia relations and Vietnam's economic potential within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), against the backdrop of the upcoming ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in Melbourne from March 4-6.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc joined other ASEAN leaders and Australian PM Scott Morrison at an informal working breakfast in Singapore on November 14.

Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung affirmed that Vietnam highly values ASEAN-Australia strategic partnership during the 30th ASEAN – Australia Forum held in Canberra, Australia from May 22-23.

Australia has announced the ASEAN-Australia Defence Scholarship for 10 scholars from ASEAN member nations, including Vietnam, to complete a two-year ‘Master of Strategic Studies’ Post-graduates degree in Australia.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s official visits to New Zealand and Australia as well as his attendance in the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit from March 12-18 have created milestones, lifting relations between Vietnam and the two countries to a new height, said a senior diplomat.

Indonesian and Australian senior officials have agreed to promote stability in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific during their bilateral meeting on the sideline of the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in Sydney from March 17-18.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrived in Hanoi early in the morning March 19, concluding his official visits to New Zealand and Australia where he also attended the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit, at the invitation of his New Zealand and Australian counterparts Jacinda Andern and Malcolm Turnbull.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Australia have voiced their concerns about escalating tension in the Korean Peninsula.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Australia to intensify cooperation and mutual trust, for interests of each side, as well as for cooperation and stability in the region.

Minister for Trade and Industry of New South Wales Niall Blair said the Australian state wants to step up cooperation with Vietnam in energy, minerals (coal), gas, food and agriculture during his meeting with Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh. ​

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