40 years of reform and a vision for 2045

Comrade Nguyen Xuan Thang, Member of the Political Bureau, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council, along with more than 200 delegates from Party agencies, ministries, branches, research and training institutes, representatives of the Australian Embassy in Vietnam, and experts from Australia, attended the event.

The workshop aims to analyze and make policy recommendations on key national development issues, contributing to the realization of Vietnam's development vision by 2045. The research findings are expected to serve as input for the drafting of the Report summarizing 40 years of Renovation and the draft documents to be submitted to the 14th National Congress of the Party.

At the workshop, delegates listened to presentations on six themes identified as key priorities in Vietnam's development process: Major global trends; Public administration reform; Overcoming the middle-income trap; Financial sector reform in Vietnam; Urbanization and sustainable development.

This was followed by discussions with Australian academics from Curtin University, RMIT University, and the University of Adelaide, along with speakers from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the World Bank (WB), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and Oxfam Vietnam.

Speaking at the workshop, Comrade Nguyen Xuan Thang emphasized the importance of the research series serving the summary of 40 years of Vietnam's reform and the scientific research cooperation between Australian and Vietnamese experts.

This also demonstrates political trust and a commitment to knowledge sharing between the two countries. He affirmed that this cooperation will further strengthen the Vietnam-Australia relationship, which has been built and nurtured over the past 50 years and is increasingly developing, especially the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership that the two countries have recently upgraded.

Ambassador Andrew Goledzinowski of Australia to Vietnam expressed his admiration for the efforts of nearly 40 Australian and Vietnamese experts collaborating on research. The Ambassador emphasized: "We are working to support Vietnam in realizing its vision for 2045."

The relationship between our two countries has never been stronger than it is now, and we will continue to cooperate in areas of mutual interest, building on the trust expressed in our joint statement on upgrading the Australia-Vietnam relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

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