Minister of Public Security General To Lam suggested measures to strengthen cooperation between Vietnam and Australia as well as between his ministry and Australian partners, during his online talks with Australian Minister for Home Affairs Karen Andrews on November 23.
A series of online conferences themed “Overseas Vietnamese join hands in overcoming the pandemic” will be launched on July 31 by a Vietnamese Italian expert team led by Doctor Karen Kieu Nguyen.
A delegation of representatives from embassies of the UK, Australia, and New Zealand in Vietnam met with authorities in Ninh Binh on August 6 to update information on consular affairs in the northern province.
A delegation from the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) led by Nguyen Van Binh, a Politburo member and Secretary of the CPV Central Committee, started a visit to the US from April 8.
The Australian Trade and Investment Commission and the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training held a conference on Vietnam-Australia general education cooperation initiative in the City on November 30, giving a chance for education management agencies and facilities of both sides to expand partnership.
Representatives of the People’s Committee of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho held a working session with Australian Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Karen Lanyon on September 14 to discuss cooperation in diverse areas in the near future.
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on May 8 announced that 93 refugees from Myanmar living in camps in Thailand have gone home in the second return since 2016.
The Vietnamese Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs and the Department of Education and Training of Australia have inked a memorandum of understanding in vocational education.