Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception in Hanoi on May 28 for Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, during which they highly evaluated the fruitful development of bilateral relations in recent years. PM Phuc highly spoke of the Australian FM’s visit, saying it takes places right after the successful...
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on May 24 had a meeting with Governor-General of Australia Peter Cosgrove, who is on a State visit to Vietnam from May 23-26. Expressing his pleasure to meet the Australian Governor-General, Prime Minister Phuc recalled his impression on the land and people of Australia during...
The Vietnamese National Assembly supports strengthening strategic partnership between Vietnam and Australia, creating a new important framework to push forward their deeper and more practical ties, NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan told Governor-General of Australia Peter Cosgrove during a meeting in Hanoi on May 24. Ngan said following her...
The Government of Australia hopes to boost pragmatic cooperation with Vietnam in all fields, especially economy, trade, and education-training. Visiting Australian Governor-General Peter Cosgrove expressed the wish at a meeting with Secretary General of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong in Hanoi on May 24. He...
The Mekong Delta province of An Giang has exported 5.4 tonnes of three-coloured mangos to Australia for the first time. The mango skin changes from green to reddish purple and then yellow when it ripens, so locals have named it the "mango of three colours." With seeds being imported from Taiwan,...
Global leading companies in construction and coal supply will take part in the Vietnam – Australia energy conference, scheduled for May 22 in Hanoi, said the Australian Embassy in Vietnam. Co-organised by Australia’s Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) and Vietnam’s Industry and Trade Ministry, the function will see the exchange...
Chairman of the Vietnam Textile & Apparel Association (Vitas) Vu Duc Giang has stated that Vietnam’s potential of exporting apparel to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) member states and Australia in particular is huge. During a seminar held in Ho Chi Minh City on May 11,...
An official from the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam has said that Australia is a potential market for Vietnamese textiles with the introduction of CPTPP. “The market share of Vietnam’s garment in this market is modest but still has room to expand,” according to deputy head of the...
Vietnam’s turnover from textiles and garment exports to Australia is forecast to reach a double-digit growth after the signing of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) agreement, heard a workshop in Hanoi on May 9. Jointly held by the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS) and the IEC Group...
Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and Australia’s Department of Agriculture and Water Resources signed two agreements at the second high-level agricultural policy dialogue in Canberra on May 8. The signed documents comprise a Letter of Intent on a strategy for agricultural research in 2017-2027 and a Memorandum of...