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| Head of the Central Economic Commission Tran Tuan Anh presents a souvenir to Australian Foreign Minister Tim Watts. (Source: VNA) |
From October 16-20, Comrade Tran Tuan Anh, Politburo member and Head of the Central Economic Commission, led a high-ranking delegation of our Party to visit and work in Australia.
The delegation included Long An Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Van Duoc, Quang Binh Provincial Party Secretary Vu Dai Thang, Deputy Head of the Central Economic Commission Nguyen Hong Son, Chairman of Lam Dong Provincial People's Committee Tran Van Hiep, Chairman of Yen Bai Provincial People's Committee Tran Van Tuan, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Le Cong Thanh, and Deputy Minister of Transport Le Anh Tuan.
During their stay in Australia, the delegation met and discussed with Joint Foreign Minister Tim Watts; Minister for Trade and Tourism Don Farrell; Minister for Industry, Science and Resources Ed Husic; Joint Minister for Climate Change and Energy Jenny McAllister; Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water Tony Zappia; Premier of New South Wales Chris Minns, Australian Government Special Envoy for the Southeast Asia Economic Strategy Nicolas Moore; and Minister for Science, Technology, Standards and Fair Trading of New South Wales Anoulack Chanthivong.
Head of the Central Economic Commission Tran Tuan Anh and the delegation also visited and talked with officials of the Vietnamese Embassy in Australia and the Vietnamese Consulate General in Sydney; visited and worked with the Macquarie Group; attended and spoke at a roundtable conference on attracting foreign direct investment.
During the discussions, Head of the Central Economic Commission Tran Tuan Anh, Premier of New South Wales and Australian Ministers shared the view that the Vietnam-Australia strategic partnership is currently developing very well, with political trust being strengthened through high-level visits and all-level visits.
Bilateral cooperation activities in the fields of economics, trade, investment, defense, security, education and training, health as well as between localities and ministries of the two countries have continuously developed deeply, substantially and comprehensively, bringing benefits to the people and businesses of the two countries.
The two sides also appreciated the important contributions of the Vietnamese community in Australia, expressing their delight that the two countries are moving towards building a new framework for relations and becoming each other's leading economic partners.
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| A high-ranking delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam works with the Australian Government's Special Envoy to Southeast Asia Nicholas Moore. (Source: VNA) |
Thanking the Australian agencies for their warm welcome, Comrade Tran Tuan Anh informed about Vietnam's development guidelines, policies and goals, and affirmed that the Communist Party and Government of Vietnam attach importance to the strategic partnership with Australia.
Believing that the potential for cooperation between the two countries is still very large, comrade Tran Tuan Anh emphasized that in the context of strong changes in the region and the world today, the two countries have many similarities, share visions and goals, and despite differences in development levels, they complement each other.
Therefore, ministries, branches and localities of the two countries need to discuss and agree on directions and measures to continue promoting cooperation to further enhance two-way trade and investment, promote cooperation in training and human resource development associated with innovation, enhance tourism cooperation, open more direct flights connecting the two countries, and at the same time deepen cooperation in new and important fields such as digital transformation, energy transformation, climate change response, sustainable development, supply chain building, and effectively implement new-generation free trade agreements of which both countries are members, to match the potential and good political relations between the two countries.
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| A high-ranking delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam visited and worked with the Vietnamese Embassy in Australia. (Source: VNA) |
The Premier of New South Wales and Australian Ministers warmly welcomed Comrade Tran Tuan Anh's visit to Australia, saying that it was of great significance, as it was a visit by a top leader of the Communist Party of Vietnam in 2023 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
The Australian Ministers agreed on the cooperation orientations that Comrade Tran Tuan Anh mentioned, especially in areas where both sides have needs and Australia has strengths; emphasized that the Australian Government attaches importance to the role of Vietnam in Australia's foreign policy and economic strategy with Southeast Asia until 2040; highly appreciated the guidelines, policies and development goals of the Communist Party of Vietnam; and wished to promote the Vietnam-Australia Strategic Partnership to continue to develop more strongly and effectively in the coming time.
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