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Sydney (VNA) - Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne on December 3 expressed her delight at the positive development of the Vietnam-Australia strategic partnership, considering this a firm foundation for the two countries to elevate bilateral ties to a new high. At a reception in the Australian capital Canberra for Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Tat Thanh, Payne stressed that Vietnam and Australia have become important partners in various spheres, ranging from trade and agriculture to science and technology, national defence and security, education and training, and people-to-people exchanges. She used the occasion to congratulate Vietnam on excellently fulfilling its role as ASEAN Chair 2020 and its success in containing COVID-19. The minister urged the ambassador to make more practical contributions to bilateral relations so that the two countries will soon become leading economic partners. Payne affirmed that she and her department will closely coordinate with … [Read more...] about Australian foreign minister hopes for stronger ties with Vietnam

If the trip materializes, he is expected to hold discussions with Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Japanese news agency Kyodo News reported on Wednesday, citing government sources. … [Read more...] about New Japan PM might make Vietnam first overseas destination

Deputy Minister of Health Truong Quoc Cuong (standing) at a press briefing after a regular Cabinet meeting on December 2 - PHOTO: VGP HCMC – Despite the new locally-transmitted Covid-19 cases in HCMC, Vietnam is determined to use its lessons and experience from the two previous outbreaks to prevent the third wave of the pandemic in the country, said Deputy Minister of Health Truong Quoc Cuong. … [Read more...] about Vietnam vows to prevent third Covid-19 wave: Deputy Minister

The move has been welcomed by activists and the UN, but Japan is still heavily reliant on fossil fuels and the government has not yet laid out details of how it will achieve this. … [Read more...] about Japan set to ban sales of new petrol cars in mid-2030s: reports

You are attending the 20th International Agricultural Exhibition and Conference and have also met with many enterprises and leaders from Israeli ministries. What are their views on agricultural co-operation with Vietnam? At this event, we have met with the ministries of Agriculture and Rural Development, Foreign Affairs, and Economy of Israel, and Israel's Agency for International Development (Mashav) to discuss solutions to boost the co-operation between the two nations’ enterprises. … [Read more...] about Vietnam-Israel agricultural co-operation to see new breakthroughs