Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen receives Australian Governor-General David Hurley. (Photo: Xuan Khu/VNA)

Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen said in a meeting with Australian Governor-General David Hurley in the city on Wednesday that HCM City is willing to coordinate with Australian partners who come to the city to study trade-investment opportunities and share experience to helping the southern largest economic hub in its development process.

Hurley said the city’s development process presents a good opportunity to further promote its cooperation relationship with Australia. Australia is willing to cooperate, support, and share experience with the city to solve challenges in the development process, contributing to further enhancing the development of the cooperative ties between the two nations, he added.

On the same day, the Governor-General and his spouse visited RMIT Vietnam University, a branch of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), and the Australian Consulate General in the city.