Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan (left) and Governor General of Australian David Hurley. (Photo: VNA)Sydney (VNA) –Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan is making aworking trip to Australia from December 1-5 at the invitation of the Australiangovernment.
Nhan made a courtesy visit to theGovernor General of Australian David Hurley on December 3, during which heexpressed appreciation of Australia’s support for Vietnam regarding UNpeacekeeping activities.
Australia sent aircraft totransport Vietnam’s peacekeeping personnel and equipment to the UN peacekeepingmission in South Sudan in October last year, and Vietnam’s level-two fieldhospital No.2 on November 26 this year.
The HCM City leader asked theGovernor General to help with promoting the ties between HCM City and states ofAustralia. He said HCM City hopes to expand cooperation with Australia ininfrastructure, health care, finance, innovative startup and artificialintelligence (AI).
According to Nhan, Australia canalso consider cooperation with the Mekong Delta.
The Governor General stressedthat the Australia-Vietnam relationship is at its best now. He said Australiais seeking to expand cooperation and welcomed the suggestions made by the HCMCity leader.
On December 2, Secretary Nhan metwith Governor of New South Wales Margaret Beazley and the state’s Premier Gladys Berejiklian.
During the meetings, Nhan expressed his joy atthe growing Vietnam-Australia ties across the fields, especially after the twocountries raised their relationship to a strategic partnership in 2018.
He affirmed that HCM City considers New SouthWales state an important partner, adding that the signing of an MoU onestablishing friendly and cooperative relations between the two sides in Aprilthis year was an important first step for them to implement pragmatic joint programmes.
The HCM City official suggested that the twosides work together in vocational training, tourism and food processing, whichare the strengths of New South Wales.
He also proposed organizing innovative startupfairs, to be hosted by HCM City and New South Wales on a rotational basis. Theidea received support from Premier Gladys Berejiklian, who said shewants the two sides also expand cooperation in hi-tech agriculture. New SouthWales is willing to buy hi-tech agricultural products, especially fruit, fromHCM City, she said.
Governor MargaretBeazley also welcomed stronger cooperation between New South Wales and HCMCity./.
VNA
