President Vo Van Thuong receives Australian Ambassador

President Vo Van Thuong receives Australian Ambassador

On the afternoon of March 17, at the Presidential Palace, President Vo Van Thuong received Australian Ambassador Andrew Goledzinowski.

President Vo Van Thuong received Mr. Andrew Goledzinowski, Australian Ambassador to Vietnam. Photo: Thong Nhat/TTXVN

Expressing his joy to welcome the first foreign ambassador in his new position, President Vo Van Thuong welcomed Ambassador Andrew Goledzinowski's positive contributions since assuming his assignment in Vietnam with many activities for meaningful foreign affairs, contributing to consolidating and strengthening the Vietnam - Australia Strategic Partnership, especially on the occasion of the two countries celebrating the 50th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations.

The President highly appreciated Australia's outstanding achievements, especially in economic recovery and development after the pandemic, and believed that under the leadership of Governor General David Hurley and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Australia will become a better country. develop further and achieve more achievements in the coming time. Vietnam thanks Australia as the second largest vaccine donor for supporting Vietnam with 26.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine, thereby contributing to helping Vietnam repel the epidemic and quickly restore economic development. - society.

Sincerely thanking the President for taking the time to receive him, Ambassador Andrew Goledzinowski expressed his belief in the good friendship and cooperation between the two countries; said that 2023 will mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Australia and will contribute positively to the development of relations between the two countries. Further developing relations between the two countries in the coming time will contribute to promoting cooperation in many fields, especially trade and investment. The Ambassador proposed continuing to promote cooperation in the fields of peacekeeping, defense and security, which have made many positive strides recently. Along with that, strengthen cooperation on human resource training, climate change and renewable energy use.

With Australian investment projects in Vietnam, the Australian Ambassador hopes to receive support and closer cooperation from Vietnamese ministries, departments and branches for smooth and effective implementation. Stating that mineral exploitation is an area where Vietnam has strengths, while Australia has high technology, the Ambassador expressed his wish to strengthen cooperation between the two countries in this field, thereby contributing to the growth of trade between the two countries. Bilateral.