Mr. Trong said that Vietnam always supports Australia’s role in the Asia Pacific region and praised civic exchanges for bilateral relations development.
During his meeting with the Governor-General the same day, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc called for more trade and investment cooperation through the removal of trade barriers to facilitate business cooperation.
In a reception for the Governor-General, National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan reiterated the legislative body’s support for more practical cooperation in a strategic partnership between the two countries. She said both countries’ friendship parliamentarian groups will develop a cooperative agenda to boost bilateral ties. The Governor-General praised Vietnam’s sending of peace keeping mission to South Sudan and pledged logistic support for the mission.