Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Andrew Goledzinowski. Photo: VGP

“Australia and Vietnam have a strong and enduring relationship, underpinned by our Strategic Partnership. February 2023 will mark 50 years of bilateral relations between our two nations,” Wong said in the statement.

Goledzinowski is a senior career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and was most recently First Assistant Secretary, Southeast Asia Regional Division.

He has previously served overseas as Australia’s High Commissioner to Malaysia; Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, New York; and Deputy Head of Mission, United Nations Permanent Mission, Geneva.