Promoting economic cooperation between Western Australia and Vietnam

Premier Roger Cook hopes to deepen economic cooperation between Western Australia and Vietnam in the coming time.

From October 9-11, Ambassador Pham Hung Tam paid an official visit to Western Australia at the invitation of the state's leaders. Also attending the Ambassador's activities during the visit was Consul General of Vietnam in Western and Northern Australia Nguyen Thanh Ha.

During the visit, Ambassador Pham Hung Tam greeted Governor Christopher John Dawson, met and worked with Premier Roger Cook, Mayor of Cockburn Logan Howlett, and met and worked with a number of Western Australian businesses and representatives of the Vietnamese community in the area.

Ambassador Pham Hung Tam paid a courtesy call to Governor of Western Australia Christopher John Dawson.

(Photo of the Ambassador paying a courtesy call to the Governor of Western Australia)

At meetings with leaders of Western Australia, Ambassador Pham Hung Tam assessed that with the connection and active promotion of the Vietnamese Consulate General in Perth in recent times, the relationship between Western Australia and Vietnam is on a positive development path along with the strong development of the Vietnam-Australia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

One of the advantages in the relationship between Western Australia and Vietnam is that thanks to the direct flight between Perth, the capital of Western Australia, and Ho Chi Minh City, the largest economic center of Vietnam, with a short flight time and much cheaper fares than from Perth to some other states of Australia, tourism activities, cultural exchange, economic and trade between Perth and Vietnam are increasingly vibrant.

Regarding education, the Ambassador informed that Vietnam and Australia have established a Vietnam-Australia joint working group on cross-border education chaired by the two countries ' Ministries of Education and Training to coordinate and promote international training cooperation in various forms.

Accordingly, the Ambassador proposed that the University of Western Australia could consider opening a branch in Vietnam following the model that Australia's RMIT University has implemented to increase training cooperation with Vietnamese educational institutions. The Ambassador also highly appreciated and requested the Western Australian government to continue to pay attention and create conditions for more than 3,000 Vietnamese students to study here.

Regarding import and export of goods, the Ambassador emphasized that Vietnam has a need to import raw materials from Australia to serve production activities, especially iron ore from Western Australia and currently, Vietnam is one of the five largest iron ore export markets of Western Australia.

In contrast, Vietnam has the potential to export many electronic, consumer and construction materials products to the Australian market.

In addition, as Western Australia has a great demand for skilled construction workers and engineers, this is also an area with great potential for cooperation. The Ambassador shared the idea of ​​promoting an agreement at the Government level regarding the recognition of skills of engineers and workers of the two countries.

The Ambassador also emphasized that every year there are more than 200,000 Vietnamese tourists coming to Australia, of which the number of visitors to Western Australia is increasing. In return, there are about 500,000 Australian tourists coming to Vietnam and people-to-people exchanges will help enhance understanding and connection between the two sides, laying the foundation for promoting cooperation in many other fields.

Ambassador Pham Hung Tam met and worked with Western Australian Premier Roger Cook.

Western Australian government leaders highly appreciate and attach importance to cooperation with Vietnam. Governor Christopher John Dawson said that the long-standing and effective relationship between Australia and Vietnam is helping the two countries to increasingly strengthen cooperation in the fields of economics, trade, investment and tourism.

Governor Christopher John Dawson expressed his support for continuing to maintain cooperation momentum between the two sides, especially in trade, education and tourism.

Wishing to deepen the economic cooperation between Western Australia and Vietnam in the coming time, especially seeking opportunities to meet Vietnam's energy needs and support Vietnam in developing renewable energy production capacity, Premier Roger Cook said that the Western Australian government is planning to organize a delegation to visit Vietnam in the coming time to seek opportunities to promote cooperation in this field.

Premier Roger Cook also agreed that it is necessary to establish a sister city relationship between Western Australia and Ho Chi Minh City, as Western Australia previously had a sister city relationship with Ba Ria Vung Tau province, but has now merged with Ho Chi Minh City.

Mr. Roger Cook emphasized his desire to promote stronger cooperation in the coming time with Vietnam in general and Ho Chi Minh City in particular, especially in the fields of tourism, education and import and export of goods.

Ambassador Pham Hung Tam met and worked with the Mayor of Cockburn City.

Mayor Logan K. Howlett introduced the potential and strengths of Cockburn City in the fields of maritime, shipbuilding, healthcare, and heavy industry. Cockburn is also home to Australia's submarine maintenance facility under the AUKUS agreement.

At the same time, according to the plan of the Australian Federal Government, 20 warships will be built at the city's shipyard in the near future. In addition, the University of Western Australia is planning to establish a research center on sustainable ocean technology. Therefore, Cockburn's development potential is huge, and the number of jobs created in the future is also very large, up to 10,000 jobs. This will be an opportunity for international students, including Vietnamese students, to pursue in the coming years.

Ambassador Pham Hung Tam met with representatives of the Vietnamese community and Australian businessmen.

During his visit to Western Australia, the Ambassador met with representatives of the Vietnamese community in the host country and a number of Western Australian businesses that have cooperative and business relations with Vietnam.

The Ambassador learned about the business situation of enterprises and the lives of Vietnamese people in the area, emphasized the great benefits of the friendship and cooperation between the two countries, and encouraged the establishment of associations supporting Vietnam-Australia relations, including business and investment cooperation.

Ambassador Pham Hung Tam met with the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Asian Relations of the Northern Territory.

Before arriving in Western Australia, Ambassador Pham Hung Tam also worked in Darwin city from October 6-8 to promote a number of potential cooperation projects of Vietnamese enterprises in the area, including projects of Vingroup Corporation and leaders of the Vietnam-Northern Australia Business Council.

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