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Australia Day marked in Ho Chi Minh City

With a firm foundation from sound bilateral relations and the determination of senior leaders of both sides, Vietnam and Australia will enjoy a stronger partnership in the future, according to Ngo Thi Phuong Thien, Vice President and General Secretary of the Vietnam-Australia Friendship Association in HCM City.
Australia Day marked in Ho Chi Minh City ảnh 1Ngo Thi Phuong Thien, Vice President and General Secretary of the Vietnam-Australia Friendship Association in Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) - With a firm foundation fromsound bilateral relations and the determination of senior leaders of bothsides, Vietnam and Australia will enjoy a stronger partnership in the future, accordingto Ngo Thi Phuong Thien, Vice President and General Secretary of theVietnam-Australia Friendship Association in Ho Chi Minh City.

Addressing a ceremony on January 22 in the city tomark Australia Day (January 26), Thien noted that Vietnam and Australia set up acomprehensive partnership in September 2009 that was elevated to a strategicpartnership in March 2018.

She said bilateral ties have been expanded in allfields, including politics, economy, trade, investment, security-defence,culture, education, and tourism.

The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO)and the Vietnam-Australia Friendship Association in HCM City hope to continueto receive cooperation from the Australian Consulate General in the city aswell as Australian businesses and organisations to enhance people-to-peopleexchanges and cooperation in culture, sports, and tourism between the twocountries, and foster the solidarity and friendship between the people of HCMCity and Australia, she said.

For her part, Julianne Cowley, Australian ConsulGeneral in HCM City, said Vietnam and Australia have shared a long-lasting andclose friendship and growing partnership in areas such as education,development assistance, trade, and investment.

She said that Australia is proud to be the top choiceof Vietnamese students, along with thousands studying Australian programmes inVietnam.

More than 80,000 Vietnamese who studied in Australiahave become a force of connection between the two countries, she noted, with manyholding important positions in the city.

She pledged to continue working closely with HCM Citydepartments and sectors, including VUFO, in development cooperation programmes,thus further bolstering the partnership./.
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