The Ministry of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs (MoLISA) of Vietnam (L) and Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade sign the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Vietnam's participation in the Australian Agriculture Visa Programme. (Photo: VNA) In a press release, the Australian Minister for ForeignAffairs said Vietnam’s participation in this programme strengthens and extendsthe nations’ already rich people-to-people links.
For decades, Vietnamese workers, students, businesspeople,and tourists have made extensive contributions to Australia, and the AustralianGovernment looks forward to this continuing under the programme, it said.
Vietnam’s early participation in the Australian AgricultureVisa Programme demonstrates the Morrison Government’s commitment to deepeningcooperation under the Australia-Vietnam Strategic Partnership. It is a keyinitiative of the Australia-Vietnam Enhanced Economic Engagement Strategylaunched by the two countries’ Prime Ministers on November 1, 2021.
Talking about the event, Australia’s Minister for ForeignAffairs Marise Payne said Australia and Vietnam share a strong and optimisticagenda and they are bound by warm ties of friendship and family that extendacross every level of community, government, and business.
“This step reflects what is possible when we work together,”she stated.
The agricultural visa programme is intended to provide a sustainable,long-term contribution to Australia’s labour supply that supports itsagricultural and primary industry sectors. Under the programme, employees willbe recruited to work across a range of agriculture sectors, includinghorticulture, dairy, wool, grains, fisheries and forestry, including supportservices and primary processing./.
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