NTO - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received the Chairman of the Australian Parliamentary Friendship Group.

According to a special correspondent of the Vietnam News Agency, during his official visit to Australia, on the afternoon of March 7, in the capital Canberra, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Ms. Sharon Claydon, Vice President of the House of Representatives, Chairwoman of the Australia - Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Group and colleagues.

At the reception, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh sincerely thanked the thoughtful, respectful and warm reception that the Friendship Parliamentary Group in particular, and the Australian Government and people in general, had given to the Vietnamese Government delegation; leaving deep impressions of a beautiful, peaceful, developed and hospitable Australia.

The Prime Minister thanked Australia for supporting Vietnam throughout its history, in post-war recovery and socio -economic development, especially in providing official development assistance (ODA) to Vietnam, most recently in preventing and combating the recent COVID-19 pandemic.

The Head of the Vietnamese Government congratulated Australia on successfully organizing the Special Summit to celebrate the 50th anniversary of ASEAN-Australia relations; as well as the socio-economic development achievements after the COVID-19 pandemic; and believed that the Australian people would continue to gain even greater achievements, building an increasingly prosperous Australia with an increasingly high role and position in the international arena.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Chairwoman of the Australia-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Group Sharon Clayton. Photo: Duong Giang/VNA

Pleased to see that over the past half century, the Vietnam - Australia friendship has continuously developed strongly and become more practical and effective on all channels, the Prime Minister highly appreciated the cooperation between the Vietnamese National Assembly and the Australian Parliament, especially after the visit of National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue to Australia; hoped and believed that the cooperation between the legislative bodies of the two countries, as well as the Friendship Parliamentarians' Groups of the two countries, would continue to be strengthened, with activities of exchange, learning, support, and sharing with each other, especially promoting exchanges between young parliamentarians and female parliamentarians...

Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives and Chairwoman of the Australia-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Group Sharon Claydon thanked Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh for taking the time to receive her and highly appreciated Vietnam's contributions to Australia's relations, especially the success of the recent Special Summit to celebrate 50 years of Australia-ASEAN relations.

Congratulating the success of the talks between Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, the Chairman of the Australia - Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Group was pleased to see the good development of the Vietnam - Australia relationship, especially when the two countries upgraded their relationship to Comprehensive Strategic Partnership; said that the Australian House of Representatives looks forward to implementing the contents within this new cooperation framework, including promoting cooperation between the two Parliamentary Friendship Groups in particular and the two legislative bodies in general.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Chairwoman of the Australia-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Group Sharon Clayton. Photo: Duong Giang/VNA

Recalling the meeting when President Vuong Dinh Hue visited Australia, Ms. Sharon Claydon said that Vietnam and Australia have many common concerns, for the development of each country and for security, safety, stability, and development in the region, especially in areas such as disease prevention, socio-economic development, education and training, jointly implementing the goal of reducing net emissions to zero by 2050, energy transition, and offshore wind power development; believing that after the upgrade, the Vietnam - Australia cooperation relationship will develop to new heights.

In the face of complex developments in the world, with many unpredictable changes such as conflicts, strategic competition, climate change, population aging, etc., Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said that these are all global issues that require a global approach; he hoped that the legislative bodies of the two countries would continue to support each other for the development of each country, the people of the two countries, and for peace, cooperation, and development in the region and the world.

The Prime Minister asked the Parliaments of the two countries to continue to concretize the agreements signed by the two sides; support and supervise the implementation of commitments between the two Governments, and realize the Vietnam - Australia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in a practical and effective manner.

The Prime Minister proposed that the two sides cooperate to renew old growth drivers in investment, export, and consumption; add new growth drivers such as digital economy, green economy, circular economy, and sharing economy; and request Australia to continue creating conditions and granting scholarships to Vietnamese students; and have more open policies on labor and visas for Vietnamese people doing business and living in Australia.

Considering Australia a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural country, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh suggested that Australia consider and recognize the Vietnamese community living in Australia as an ethnic minority of Australia.

According to VNA/Tin Tuc Newspaper

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