Minister, Chairman of the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs Hau A Lenh (L) and Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney (R). (Photo: VOV)

Minister, Chairman of the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs Hau A Lenh made the remarks at a working session with Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney during his visit to Australia.

The Committee has prepared a draft “Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation between the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs and the National Indigenous Australians Agency and sent it to the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Australian Embassy in Vietnam as well as the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia.

The Vietnamese official expressed his hope that the two sides would soon agree on the proposed collaboration contents so that the MoU will be signed by 2023 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic relations, marking a milestone in the cooperation on ethnic minority and indigenous affairs of the two countries.
Within the framework of the trip to Australia, the Vietnamese delegation had working sessions with the authorities and agencies in charge of indigenous affairs in the Northern Territory, the Australian Indigenous Entrepreneurs' Organization, and visited the Vietnamese Embassy in Canberra.