Keyword: "Vietnam Australia"

Vietjet on June 7 inaugurated a new route connecting Hanoi with the Australian port city of Sydney.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia Pham Hung Tam has had a meeting with Australian Minister for Trade and Tourism Don Farrell to discuss opportunities for promoting trade and investment cooperation between the two countries.

Chairman of the Binh Duong People’s Committee Vo Van Minh on April 25 met with Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Andrew Goledzinowski, as part of the latter’s visit to the southern province.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with leaders and representatives of the Vietnamese Australian Scholars & Experts Association (VASEA) in Canberra on March 9 morning (local time) as part of his official visit to Australia.

Vietnamese Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung has expressed his hope for stronger bilateral cooperation in education-training and high-quality human resources development, especially in electronics and semiconductors, at a meeting with Australian Minister for International Development and the Pacific Pat Conroy.

The Vietnam-Australia trade and investment promotion forum and a conference promoting trade and investment in Vietnam's northern province of Thai Binh took place in Sydney on September 11, aiming to facilitate direct contact and exchange of cooperation, business, and investment opportunities between Vietnamese and Australian government agencies, organisations, and firms.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha received Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Andrew Goledzinowski in Hanoi on July 7.

Head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission Tran Tuan Anh hosted separate receptions for Singaporean Second Minister for Trade and Industry Tan See Leng and Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Andrew Goledzinowski in Hanoi on July 5.

President Vo Van Thuong on June 4 received Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who is on a two-day official visit to Vietnam starting June 3.

Queensland, Australia’s second biggest state, is developing a new international cooperation strategy, which is expected to make Vietnam one of its top five priority partner countries, local officials have unveiled.

Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien had a working session with Australian Minister for Trade and Tourism Don Farrell in Hanoi on April 17, discussing specific measures to enhance economic and commercial ties and effectively implement the Vietnam - Australia Enhanced Economic Engagement Strategy.

Ho Chi Minh City wants to strengthen cooperation with Australian localities in areas where it has demand and Australia has strength such as high-quality human resource development, digital economy, and innovation, finance, energy transition, climate change response, and logistics, Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen said in a meeting with Australian Governor-General David Hurley in the city on April 5.

The Vietnam-Australia relations continue to grow strongly across fields, reaping great successes in the past five decades, as the two countries have built strategic trust based on mutual respect and common interests, said Prof. Carl Thayer, an expert on Vietnamese studies from the University of New South Wales (UNSW).

From a backward, poor and essentially rural-based society and economy, isolated from the rest of the world, Vietnam has developed into a thriving, dynamic, modern, middle-income country with extensive international commercial and human links, former Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Graham Alliband has said.

Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Duong Anh Duc on January 11 hosted visiting Treasurer of the Australian state of Victory Tim Pallas, during which they exchanged directions for the promotion of cooperation between two localities.

Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue on December 2 (local time) delivered a speech at the Australia – Vietnam Policy Institute in the headquarters of RMIT University in Melbourne, as part of his official visit to Australia.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia Nguyen Tat Thanh paid an official visit to Tasmania state, southern Australia, on September 15-16 to strengthen connection and expand cooperation in areas of mutual interest.

The Australia – Vietnam Enhanced Economic Engagement Strategy is helping realise the economic potential exiting between the two nations, the spokesperson for the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) said on July 22 in response to a question from a Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Sydney.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on June 27 received Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong, who has been on a three-day official visit to Vietnam.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and his Australian counterpart Penny Wong held talks on June 27 as part of the latter’s ongoing official visit to Vietnam from June 26-28.