Expressing delight at the recent elevation of bilateral ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership in March 2024, President Tô Lâm suggested that based on this upgraded framework, both countries should continue proposing specific cooperation programmes and plans, maintaining the exchange of all-level delegations.

Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Hồ Chí Minh City Võ Văn Hoan highlighted that the Việt Nam-Australia friendship and cooperation have been thriving, especially with the upgrade of bilateral ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership in March, opening up a cooperation framework for businesses and people of the two sides in various fields.

In the first five months of 2024, Việt Nam welcomed 213,000 Australian visitors, an increase of 35 per cent over the same period last year, making Australia the seventh largest source of tourists to Việt nam.

A delegation from the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee, headed by Vice Chairman Hoang Cong Thuy, visited the Vietnamese Embassy in Australia on June 14 as part of their working trip to the country.

Col. Lưu Đình Hiển, Commander of the Training Centre of the Việt Nam Department of Peacekeeping Operations, said it is the 5th training course of its kind supported by Australia for Việt Nam's Level-2 Field Hospital rotations.

Since its establishment in August 2023, the Vietnamese Australian Scholars and Experts Association has become a common house for scholars and specialists of the Vietnamese origin to exchange knowledge, expertise and experience, contributing to the development of the two countries as well as their bilateral ties.

After the COVID-19 pandemic, the RoK has emerged as the biggest source of tourists to Việt Nam. In the first five months of this year, Việt Nam welcomed nearly 2.2 million Korean visitors. For every 10 international tourists in the Southeast Asian nation, there are three Koreans.

ACPM is set to deliberate on strategic cooperation in combating transnational organised crime within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

With its experience, resources, infrastructure, experts, scientists, and research and production facilities, the RoK is willing to cooperate with Việt Nam in semiconductor and AI via specific projects

It is a core force in the movement to build and protect the country, ensuring social order and safety

Efforts should be made to facilitate access to each other's markets, take advantage of existing trade agreements, and identify new areas of cooperation such as information technology (IT), defence industry or energy

A delegation of the Party Committee of Central Agencies' Bloc led by its secretary Nguyễn Văn Thể had working sessions with the Communist Party USA and Việt Nam’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations (UN) and other representative agencies in New York from June 27-29, within the framework of the delegation’s visit to US.

The event attracted the participation of Ambassadors, Heads of Delegation and nearly 300 officials and their family members of the ASEAN countries and Timor-Leste.

Currently, the RoK holds the No. 1 position in direct investment, No. 2 in development cooperation and tourism, and No. 3 in labour and trade cooperation with Việt Nam.

HCM City conducted 74 inspections into corruption last year and transferred five cases to the investigating agency.