NAChairman Nguyen Sinh Hung made the statement at his talks with Speakerof the Australian House of Representatives Anna Burke in Hanoi onMay 22 right after greeting her at an official welcome ceremony.
Hungdescribed Burke’s visit to Vietnam as a spotlight at a time whenthe two countries are celebrating the 40 th anniversary of theirbilateral diplomatic ties.
He also praisedexchanges of activities between the two countries’ parliamentarians,especially the Friendship Parliamentarians Groups and leaders of the twolegislatures.
Both host and guest agreed to makeit easier for the two nations’ enterprises to boost trading activities,encourage Australian firms to invest more in Vietnam, especially infields of their strength in line with Vietnam’s development strategy,and facilitate the effective implementation of Vietnam- investedprojects in Australia.
They also reached aconsensus on further speeding up cooperation projects in education,labour, national security and defence for peace and development in theregion and the world.
Speaker Burke stressed thespecial importance of the two legislative organs’ cooperation, saying ithas contributed to improving the cooperation efficiency between the twoGovernments.
On the occasion, she also invitedHung to visit Australia on the occasion of the 40th anniversary ofthe diplomatic ties. Hung accepted it with pleasure.
Following the talks, Hung and Burke signed a cooperation agreement between the two legislative bodies.
Underthe agreement, the two sides will promote the exchange of high-levelvisits and delegations of all levels, as well as work closely atmultilateral forums.
They will also exchange publications on legal systems and related issues to learn experience from each other.
Thesigning of the agreement was described by both leaders as contributingto further cementing the bilateral ties and lifting it to a new heightfor the benefit of the two peoples.
Later on the day, Chairman Hung feted the visiting Australian Speaker and her entourage.-VNA
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