Hanoi (VNA) - Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Vuong Dinh Hueheld phone talks with the Speaker of Australia’s House of Representatives Tony Smith onJune 7 to boost the strategic partnership between the two countries in generaland the relationship between the two parliaments in particular.
Both sides affirmed that the strategicpartnership is developing in a more reliable, practical, and deeper manner. Amidthe complex developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, the two have maintainedregular exchanges and meetings, reflected through a phone call between PrimeMinisters Pham Minh Chinh and Scott Morrison and the signing of an ActionProgramme to implement the Strategic Partnership for the 2020-2023 period.
Bilateral trade turnover reached 8.3 billionUSD in 2020, up 5 percent year-on-year. Australia is still supporting Vietnamin the 2021-2022 fiscal year, and has increased its investment in the country inthe fields of agriculture, infrastructure, and education.
Assessing Australia as a power that plays anincreasingly important role in the Asia-Pacific region and the world, Huesuggested the two sides continue to maintain exchanges and meetings at alllevels; intensify economic and trade cooperation; strive to quickly double currenttwo-way trade; promote cooperation in defence, military medicine, cyber-security,and science and technology; extend the duration of stay and reduce visa costsfor Vietnamese citizens; support equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines; andtransfer vaccine production technology to difficult countries, includingVietnam.
He invited Smith to pay an official visit toVietnam shortly, and asked him to create the conditions needed for the twocountries’ parliamentarian groups to exchange experience in supervisingimportant issues and improve the legislative role in developingbilateral relations.
Phone talks between NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and Speaker of Australia’s House of Representatives Tony Smith (Photo: VNA) Smith agreed with Hue’s proposals, revealingthat Australia has committed to providing Vietnam with 40 million AUD (30.9 millionUSD) to access COVID-19 vaccines.
He expressed his wish to visit Vietnam as soon asthe two countries open their borders.
The two leaders also discussed regional andinternational issues of mutual concern. Regarding the East Sea issue, they affirmedtheir consistent stance of maintaining peace, stability, navigation andaviation security, safety and freedom in the East Sea, as well as peacefully settlingdisputes on the basis of international law, especially the 1982 United NationsConvention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS 1982)./.
Both sides affirmed that the strategicpartnership is developing in a more reliable, practical, and deeper manner. Amidthe complex developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, the two have maintainedregular exchanges and meetings, reflected through a phone call between PrimeMinisters Pham Minh Chinh and Scott Morrison and the signing of an ActionProgramme to implement the Strategic Partnership for the 2020-2023 period.
Bilateral trade turnover reached 8.3 billionUSD in 2020, up 5 percent year-on-year. Australia is still supporting Vietnamin the 2021-2022 fiscal year, and has increased its investment in the country inthe fields of agriculture, infrastructure, and education.
Assessing Australia as a power that plays anincreasingly important role in the Asia-Pacific region and the world, Huesuggested the two sides continue to maintain exchanges and meetings at alllevels; intensify economic and trade cooperation; strive to quickly double currenttwo-way trade; promote cooperation in defence, military medicine, cyber-security,and science and technology; extend the duration of stay and reduce visa costsfor Vietnamese citizens; support equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines; andtransfer vaccine production technology to difficult countries, includingVietnam.
He invited Smith to pay an official visit toVietnam shortly, and asked him to create the conditions needed for the twocountries’ parliamentarian groups to exchange experience in supervisingimportant issues and improve the legislative role in developingbilateral relations.
Phone talks between NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and Speaker of Australia’s House of Representatives Tony Smith (Photo: VNA) He expressed his wish to visit Vietnam as soon asthe two countries open their borders.
The two leaders also discussed regional andinternational issues of mutual concern. Regarding the East Sea issue, they affirmedtheir consistent stance of maintaining peace, stability, navigation andaviation security, safety and freedom in the East Sea, as well as peacefully settlingdisputes on the basis of international law, especially the 1982 United NationsConvention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS 1982)./.
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