With the two nations expected to upgrade their relations to a “comprehensive strategic partnership” this year, Canberra has an obvious choice of “special envoy.”
The new President of the Australian Senate Sue Lines received Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia Nguyen Tat Thanh on September 27 and affirmed that Australia always attaches importance to its relations with Vietnam.
(CPV) - In her meetings with President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son, Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon Penny Wong reinforced Australia’s continuing support for Vietnam’s COVID-19 recovery, recognising the important role deep trade and investment ties would play in.
Australia has agreed to receive Vietnamese migrant workers operating in the agricultural sector under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by the two countries on March 28.