Carlyle A. Thayer- Emeritus Professor, the University of New South Wales, Canberra at the Australian Defence Force Academy, has an exclusive article on the Vietnam-Australia ties to the Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of the official visit to Australia by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc from March 14-18. Following...
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull signed a joint statement on the establishment of the Vietnam-Australia Strategic Partnership following their talks in Canberra, Australia on March 15 as part of the Vietnamese PM’s official visit. At the talks, PM Turnbull showed his pleasure to host...
Vietnam and Australia are expected to elevate their relations to a strategic partnership during the upcoming official visit of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, as a result of long-standing and sound partnership over the past more than four decades. 2018 is a year of special significance to Vietnam and Australia,...
Two-way trade between Vietnam and Australia surged by 58.9 percent year on year in the first month of 2018 to reach 595 million USD, according to statistics of the Vietnam Customs. Of the figure, Vietnam’s exports accounted for 305 million USD, up 42.8 percent from one year ago and its...
The Foreign Ministry of Vietnam and the administration of the Australian state of Victoria signed an agreement on March 9 to facilitate connectivity and cooperation between Vietnamese localities and Victoria in the fields that both sides are interested in and Victoria is strong at. The deal was inked in Melbourne,...
A delegation from Australia’s Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources is visiting Vietnam from February 26 to March 2 to inspect the processing chain for shrimps exported to Australia. According to the Trade Office of Vietnam in Australia, the delegation focuses on four main issues, including prevention and control of...
Vietnam may get the green light to export fresh longans to Australia from 2019, after lychees, mangoes and dragon fruits. The information was revealed on the occasion of a working visit made by a delegation of the Australian Department of Agriculture and Water Resources to northern Hung Yen province and...
Carlyle A. Thayer - Emeritus Professor, The University of New South Wales, Canberra at the Australian Defence Force Academy, has emphasised turning points in Vietnam-Australia relations in his exclusive article to Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic ties (February 26). Following...
Australia is among Vietnam’s key partners in the region and the world, Vietnamese Ambassador Ngo Huong Nam said in an interview with the Canberra Times as the two countries are celebrating the 45th anniversary of their relations this year. In the full two-page interview, Nam said after four decades, the...
Australia will cut 90 percent of import tariff lines in 2018 and 100 percent of them in 2020 under the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (AANZFTA) roadmap, said the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT). Pham Tuan Anh, deputy head of the Ministry of Finance’s Department of International Cooperation, said this was a...