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| Delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam works with Vice President of the Austrian National Council Peter Haubner. (Source: VNA) |
From June 2-8, a delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam led by Mr. Phan Dinh Trac - Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Internal Affairs Commission, Deputy Head of the Central Steering Committee on preventing and combating corruption, waste and negativity, Deputy Head of the Central Steering Committee for Judicial Reform - visited and worked in the Republic of Austria.
During the working trip, the delegation had meetings and worked with Vice President of the Austrian National Council (Lower House) Peter Haubner; Deputy President of the Austrian Supreme Court Eva Marek; Chairwoman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Austrian Lower House Petra Mayr; Director General of the General Directorate for Anti-Corruption Lukas Berghammer; Premier of Salzburg State - Mr. Wilfried Haslauer; Director of the United Nations International Anti-Corruption Academy Slagjana Taseva; and Austrian Ambassador to Vietnam Philipp Agathonos.
The delegation visited and met with officials and staff of the Vietnamese Embassy and had a friendly talk with representatives of the Vietnamese community in Austria.
Mr. Phan Dinh Trac and the Austrian side focused on discussing the situation of each country, our Party and bilateral relations, and a number of international and regional issues of mutual concern.
At the same time, the two sides also exchanged in-depth experiences, guidelines, policies and measures in the fields of corruption prevention and control, judicial reform and law-making; exchanged experiences in organizing the court system, prosecution agencies, and trial of various types of cases, including corruption cases; and proposed major directions to promote Vietnam-Austria cooperation to become increasingly in-depth and effective in the coming time.
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| Head of the Central Internal Affairs Commission Phan Dinh Trac and Vice President of the Austrian National Council Peter Haubner. (Source: VNA) |
The Austrian side welcomed and highly appreciated the visit and working session of the high-ranking delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam led by Comrade Phan Dinh Trac, affirming that Austria highly values the traditional friendly relationship with Vietnam, considering Vietnam one of Austria's leading important partners in Asia.
Deputy Chairman of the Austrian House of Representatives Peter Haubner emphasized that the relationship between the two countries has been built and nurtured over the past 50 years, with Austria being one of the first Western countries to establish diplomatic relations with Vietnam in 1972.
Austria recognized Vietnam as a model of success in socio-economic development and highly appreciated Vietnam's foreign policy; at the same time, it believed that the bilateral trade turnover of 2.45 billion USD in 2024 is still very modest, not commensurate with the potential and desires of both sides.
The Austrian side expressed its desire to further deepen relations with Vietnam, especially enhancing political trust through high-level delegation exchanges between the two countries; striving to double the number of Austrian enterprises investing in Vietnam from the current 50 to 100, and increase bilateral trade turnover to 4 billion USD in the coming years; at the same time, strengthening cooperation in areas where both sides have strengths such as science and technology, cyber security, justice, tourism, culture and arts; promoting cooperation in the fields of education and training, including nursing training, receiving Vietnamese workers to work as nurses in Austria.
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| Mr. Phan Dinh Trac, Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Internal Affairs Commission and Ms. Eva Marek, Deputy Chief Justice of the Austrian Supreme Court. (Source: VNA) |
The Austrian side thanked Vietnam for its close coordination at multilateral forums such as the United Nations and the ASEAN-EU Strategic Partnership framework.
Mr. Phan Dinh Trac affirmed that Vietnam and Austria have a good friendship and multifaceted cooperation relationship, which has been nurtured and continued by generations of Leaders and People of the two countries over more than 50 years, emphasizing that Vietnam values the traditional relationship with Austria - Vietnam's trusted partner in Europe.
He expressed his gratitude for the support that the Austrian people have given to Vietnam in the past resistance war for national independence and the current cause of national construction and protection.
Over the past time, bilateral cooperation has recorded positive and effective developments in many fields. Exchanges of delegations and contacts at all levels have taken place regularly.
Two-way trade has also increased significantly. Austria is now one of Vietnam's 10 largest partners in the European Union (EU) and Vietnam is one of Austria's most important partners in ASEAN.
In an exchange with senior Austrian leaders, Politburo member Phan Dinh Trac asked Austria to support and soon ratify the Vietnam-EU Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA), support and urge the EU to soon remove the IUU yellow card for Vietnam's seafood exports, creating favorable conditions for Vietnam to export this item to the EU because this is a strong export industry, of great significance to Vietnam; asked Austria to continue to pay attention and create more favorable conditions for the Vietnamese community in Austria to integrate more deeply into the host society, maintain the national cultural identity and Vietnamese language, contributing to promoting friendly cooperation between the two countries.
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| Mr. Phan Dinh Trac, Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Internal Affairs Commission, took a souvenir photo with representatives of overseas Vietnamese in Austria in the Vietnamese Embassy. (Photo: Thu Hang/VNA) |
Mr. Phan Dinh Trac also shared information about the socio-economic development situation and achievements that Vietnam has achieved after nearly 40 years of Doi Moi; about Vietnam's foreign policy, goals, and national development strategy; and some results of Vietnam's work to prevent and combat corruption, waste, and negativity in recent times.
Talking with the staff of the Vietnamese Embassy and representatives of the Vietnamese community in Austria, Mr. Phan Dinh Trac informed the people about some of the country's outstanding achievements in the fields of economic development, social security, foreign affairs and some major policies of the Party and State on the revolution of streamlining the organizational apparatus, breakthroughs in science and technology development, digital transformation, innovation, private economic development, promoting institutional and legal perfection and international integration.
He also answered questions and aspirations of Vietnamese expatriates in Austria, especially the issue of regaining Vietnamese nationality, policies for officials working at Vietnamese representative agencies abroad, and policies to attract overseas intellectuals and scientists to work, live and contribute to their homeland and country.
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