Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 15 sent a message of sympathy to his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese over a shooting that occurred on December 14 at Bondi beach in Sydney, New South Wales, resulting in multiple civilian casualties.
Ha welcomed enterprises from both sides to strengthen connections, affirming Vietnam’s commitment to create a favourable investment environment for New Zealand and Australian businesses, particularly for high-quality, technologically advanced projects.
Sen. Lt. Gen. Le Quang Minh, Deputy Chief of the General Department of Political Affairs of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA), proposed that Australia share its experience and apply advanced technologies in research, data aggregation, investigation, classification, extraction of information, and the preservation of records to support Vietnam’s efforts to search for and repatriate the remains of its fallen soldiers.
Also highly evaluating the Australia-Vietnam Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, participating Members of Parliament noted that there is still significant potential for cooperation and expressed their readiness to contribute to promoting the friendship and cooperation between Australia and Vietnam in general, as well as collaboration between the two parliaments in particular.
PM Pham Minh Chinh has proposed four key priorities to advance the ASEAN – Australia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
The Vietnamese and Australian PMs agreed to step up all-level mutual visits and enhance coordination to contribute more actively and substantively to regional peace, stability, and cooperation.
The State leader also called for stronger collaboration in the fields of climate change, environment, and energy, and supporting each other’s efforts towards net-zero emissions and clean energy transition.
General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA), and Deputy Minister of National Defence, affirmed that Vietnam always treasures relations with Australia, and highly values Australia’s role and potential in the international and regional affairs.
Australian Consul General in HCM City Sarah Hooper said Australia’s key cooperation areas - science and technology, digital transformation, and initiatives on climate, environment, and energy - closely align with HCM City’s priorities, emphasising that the southern economic hub remains a central focus of Australia–Vietnam economic relations.
Vietnam has attached much importance to developing its relations and all-round cooperation with Australia, said Nguyen Trong Nghia, head of the Party Central Committee's Commission for Information, Education, and Mass Mobilisation.
Nghia congratulated Australia on its recent achievements, welcomed the positive results of Governor-General Sam Mostyn’s recent state visit to Vietnam, and reaffirmed that the CPV and the Vietnamese Government attach great importance to Australia’s role.
Vietnam and Australia have established a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, reflecting the depth of their bilateral ties and opening up broad prospects for more extensive, practical, and effective cooperation in the years ahead.
Premier Roger Cook praised Vietnam’s dynamic growth and expressed Western Australia’s wish for closer cooperation.
Congratulating Vietnam on its recent achievements, Australian Governor-General Sam Mostyn hailed Vietnam as one of Australia’s most trusted partners, and wished to deepen all-around cooperation to foster a peaceful, stable, and prosperous region.
The Australian Governor-General hailed Vietnamese peacekeepers’ role in advancing global peace and security, saying their success also reflects the high standards of the Vietnam People’s Army in international missions.
Secretary of the HCM City Party Committee Tran Luu Quang said the city attaches much importance to the cooperation with Australian localities and stands ready to elevate the collaboration, thereby contributing to the overall advancement of the Vietnam–Australia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
Governor-General Sam Mostyn reaffirmed Australia’s commitment to further advancing bilateral relations and highlighted her country’s interest in expanding investment in Vietnam.
The NA Chairman stressed that Governor-General Mostyn’s visit marks an important milestone that will add momentum to the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the two countries, helping it grow intensively and more substantively.
The President held that bilateral ties, despite historical ups and downs, are now experiencing their most flourishing period in more than half a century since the establishment of diplomatic relations.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam reaffirmed Vietnam’s consistent policy of treasuring its friendship and Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with Australia, stressing that Australia is a trusted partner of Vietnam.
Thang noted that the HCMA and leading Australian universities and research institutes have developed effective cooperation mechanisms, with the Vietnam – Australia Centre at the academy serving as a bridge for joint research, scholar exchanges, and official and manager training programmes.
The state visit to Vietnam by the Australian Governor-General holds great significance, reaffirming both countries’ determination to strengthen friendship and all-around cooperation, especially political cooperation.
Governor-General of Australia Sam Mostyn and her spouse arrived in Hanoi on the evening of September 9, beginning their four-day state visit to Vietnam at the invitation of State President Luong Cuong and his wife.
The trip comes as bilateral relations thrive, particularly since the elevation of their relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in March 2024.
The September 9-12 state visit to Vietnam by Governor-General of Australia Sam Mostyn affirms the determination of both sides to strengthen friendship and cooperation across all areas, particularly political ties.