Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Duong Anh Duc (R) and Treasurer of the Australian state of Victoria Tim Pallas (Photo: VNA)Given robustly growing Vietnam-Australia ties, Duc saidthe city has set up friendship and collaborationties with many Australian localities, including Victoria in May last year.
Noting that the southern Vietnamese economic hub's future growth orientations willcreate more cooperation opportunities with the Australian side, the officialsuggested HCM City and Victoria complete their plan of actions for joint workswith a focus on the fields of investmentdevelopment, logistics, biotechnology, health care, education, human resources quality improvement, and two-way trade promotion.
Duc expressed his wish to strengthen the sides’ cooperation, exchange and learnfrom Victoria's experience in digital transformation, climate change response, start-upsand innovation, and the improvement of staff quality in economic developmentand public administration.
The two localities should jointly study and select practicaland effective contents for 2023 serving the actualisation of their collaborationtowards specific goals and mutual benefits, he recommended.
For his part, Pallas, who is also Minister for Industrial Relationsand for Trade and Investment of the state, informed the host that his visit tothe city – the first on his position as the treasurer and minister – aims to openthe Victorian trade and investment representative office here and promote thepractical implementation of agreements signed between the sides.
Victoria can learn a lot from Vietnam's economic growthachievements and is willing to exchange and share experiences for Vietnam and HCMCity in areas of its strength, the official affirmed.
Pallas added that his state is among main sponsors of adialogue programme between leaders of Australia and Vietnam, with the firstedition gathering ten Vietnamese and Australian representatives and scheduledfor the near future in HCM City. The programme will then be held in Melbourne,the capital of the state of Victoria./.
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