Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue (Photo: VNA)Talkingto the Vietnam News Agency, Thanh said over the last more than 30 years, manychairpersons and vice chairpersons of the Vietnamese NA, as well as presidentsof the Senate and speakers of the House of Representatives of Australia have frequently exchange visits to open up new cooperation frameworks.
Hue’svisit, which will start on November 30, is the first to Australia by a seniorleader of Vietnam in five years and also the fifth by a chairperson of theVietnamese NA to this country since bilateral diplomatic ties were set up.
Voicinghis belief in the visit’s contributions to the strategic partnership intensification,the diplomat noted thanks to Vietnamese and Australian leaders’ attention, relationsbetween the two parliaments will continue flourishing with increasinglysubstantive cooperation in the priority fields of both sides, especiallyeducation - training, digital transformation, and climate change response.
He said he believes the parliaments of Australian states and territories willalso pay attention to the expansion of ties with NA deputies’ delegations ofVietnamese localities. On this occasion, members of the countries’ newlyestablished parliamentary friendship groups will have a chance to directly meeteach other to discuss cooperation orientations.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia Nguyen Tat Thanh (Photo: VNA)Imagesof a reforming, dynamic, and self-reliant Vietnam that stays steadfast in theforeign policy of independence and self-reliance will be introduced by the toplegislator to parliamentary leaders and people of Australia. Besides, connectionsin education, trade, investment, as well as people-to-people exchange will haveconditions to develop more strongly in the years to come, Thanh went on.
About substantive strides in bilateral relations since the strategicpartnership was established nearly five years ago, the ambassador elaboratedthat mutual understanding and trust have been increasingly reinforced via allchannels, from Party-to-Party, State-to-State to people-to-people ties, ofwhich parliamentary diplomacy serves as the cornerstone.
Theaction plan for implementing the strategic partnership for 2020 - 2023 has beenbeing carried out strongly in all the three cooperation pillars of economy,security - defence, and innovation. Meanwhile, the implementation of the EnhancedEconomic Engagement Strategy, launched in November 2021, has obtainedencouraging initial results, creating conditions for expanding relations to newareas such as digital economy, natural resources, and energy.
Inthe first nine months of 2022, Australia became the seventh largest tradingpartner of Vietnam for the first time, and Vietnam ranked 10th among the trading partners of Australia, according to Thanh.
Heexpressed his belief that the Vietnam - Australia strategic partnership has beenripe for entering a new phase with stronger trust and more effectiveness,thereby meeting the two peoples’ aspirations and actively contributing toregional and global peace and cooperation./.
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