Vietnam, Australia Prime Ministers hold talks in Canberra
WVR/VNA - On March 7, in Canberra, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held talks with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese as part of his three-day official trip to the Oceanian country.
Latest
 |
| Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. (Photo: Tuan Anh) |
Welcoming Prime Minister Chinh, Australian Prime Minister Albanese said the visit is of significance and is a milestone in the bilateral ties after the two countries set up their diplomatic relations 50 years ago.
He hailed the Vietnamese delegation’s positive contributions to the success of the ASEAN – Australia Special Summit held in Melbourne on March 5 and 6, while recalling his impressions of his official trip to Vietnam and his talks with Prime Minister Chinh in June 2023.
Prime Minister Chinh, for his part, conveyed Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s regards to Prime Minister Albanese, and congratulated Australia on the successful organisation of the special summit.
He believed that under the leadership of the Labour Party-led government and Prime Minister Albanese, Australia will continue to reap great achievements and increasingly affirm its role and position in the region and the world.
 |
| Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh holds talks Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Canberra. (Photo: Tuan Anh) |
In the spirit of sincerity and trust, the two leaders expressed their delight at the strong development of the friendship and Strategic Partnership between the two countries and agreed to elevate the ties to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, while discussing and reaching consensus on close coordination to promote the bilateral cooperation to a deeper and more effective and practical way.
With a view to enhancing political and diplomatic trust, they agreed to promote exchange of delegations and contacts at high level, maintain bilateral cooperation mechanisms, and effectively realise the signed documents and prepare the action programme for 2024-2028. Besides, both nations will accelerate people-to-people exchanges, create favourable conditions for friendship associations to organise cultural, sport and charity events, and foster local cooperation and partnership in the fields of gender equality and protection of vulnerable groups.
 |
| Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh asked Australia to create favourable conditions for Vietnamese enterprises to do business and invest in the country. (Photo: Tuan Anh) |
Aiming for more inclusive, practical and effective economic, trade and investment cooperation, the two leaders were unanimous to facilitate market opening for each other’s agricultural products towards diversifying their supply chains.
Prime Minister Chinh asked Australia to create favourable conditions for Vietnamese enterprises to do business and invest in the country, while welcoming Australia’s investments, especially high-quality ones with state-of-the-art technologies.
The two leaders consented to effectively carry out the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on science-technology and innovation, under which Australia will help Vietnamese small and medium-sized enterprises with technology transfer, and Australian tech firms cooperate with Vietnamese innovation centres and semiconductor producers.
 |
| Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese hailed the Vietnamese delegation’s positive contributions to the success of the ASEAN – Australia Special Summit held in Melbourne. (Photo: Tuan Anh) |
They also agreed to strengthen cultural exchanges, promote cooperation in vocational training, increase the number of scholarships for Vietnamese students, and open branches of Australian universities in Vietnam.
The two nations will work together to promote green hydrogen production in Vietnam and join hands in climate change response. Australia will also help Vietnam to realise its net-zero target by 2050.
