Education and training have been important cooperation pillars in the Australia-Vietnam relations since the “Doi Moi” (Renewal) cause was implemented in Vietnam, held Suiwah Edna Leung, Honorary Associate Professor at the Australian National University (ANU) Crawford School of Public Policy.
Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính, his spouseLê Thị Bích Trân and the high-ranking delegation of Vietnam left Hanoi on March 4 morning for the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit to commemorate the 50th anniversary of ASEAN-Australia dialogue relations, and official visits to Australia and New Zealand from March 5 – 11.
National Assembly Chairman Vương Đình Huệ had a working session with representatives of the Party Committee of the south-central province of Khánh Hòa on March 2, as part of his working trip to the locality.
The PM underlined the necessity to renovate traditional growth drivers and promote motivations from investment, exports and consumption, while speeding up the expansion of new growth motivations from institution completion, resources exploitation, and the development of six socio-economic regions, tapping opportunities from the shifting of the global and regional supply chains, and promoting digital transformation and green transition.
The leaders of ASEAN member states and Timor-Leste are descending on Melbourne for a Special Summit to celebrate 50 years since Australia became ASEAN’s first Dialogue Partner in 1974 – an achievement of which Australia is very proud, Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Andrew Goledzinowski has said in his op-ed on the upcoming big event.
Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry Francesco Lollobrigid said Italy hopes to become Việt Nam's leading agricultural partner in the EU, believing that more Italian agricultural products would be present in Việt Nam and the Asia-Pacific. Italy will actively urge relevant EU agencies to remove the yellow card warning on Vietnamese seafood at the earliest, he added.
According to Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia Phạm Hùng Tâm to Australia, Việt Nam and Australia have become one of each other's top 10 trading partners, with two-way trade reaching US$13.8 billion in 2023. Australia has 621 investment projects in Việt Nam, which invests in 92 projects in Australia.
President Thưởng awarded the second-class Military Exploit Order to the Border Guard Forces for their outstanding achievements in the fight against crimes such as illicit production, trade, transportation and storage of military weapons, contributing to maintaining political security and social order.
The PM's attendance at the summit and visits will be made at the invitation of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Prime Minister of New Zealand Christopher Luxon.
Việt Nam and Ireland agreed on orientations and measures to strengthen the relations between the two countries in the time ahead, during their talks in Ireland on Thursday (local time).
The policy to encourage thriftiness and prevent wastefulness is not a new one. President Hồ Chí Minh once affirmed that frugality is one of the virtuous qualities of a revolutionary.
The election was held in the form of non-universal suffrage at 33 polling stations in eight regional constituencies across Cambodia on February 25.
The MSDF's Suzunami destroyer and Shimakaze training ship arrived in Hải Phòng on February 29. The commander of Training Division 1, Captain Yanagihara Makoto leads the delegation.
National defence and security have been maintained, contributing to building a borderline of peace, stability, friendship and mutual development.
The 23rd conference of the nine provinces of Việt Nam, Laos, and Thailand that share the use of Road 8 and Road 12 took place in the northeastern Thai province of Sakon Nakhon on February 27 – 29 to review their cooperation in 2023 and propose future cooperation directions.
Secretary of the Party Central Committee and head of its Commission for External Relations Lê Hoài Trung held an online meeting with Head of the Foreign Affairs Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba Emilio Lozada Garcia.
"Việt Nam strongly opposes all violations of Việt Nam's sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction towards Vietnamese borders, as established in accordance with international law, particularly the 1982 UNCLOS."
Born in 1956 in New York City, Ratner had a special love for Việt Nam. She took to the streets to protest against the Việt Nam War when she was 13 years old and became famous for hanging anti-war slogans on the Statue of Liberty.
