Australian Senate President Sue Lines arrives in Hanoi, beginning official visit to Vietnam

Welcoming the delegation at Noi Bai International Airport were: Member of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of the Law Committee Hoang Thanh Tung; Chairman of the Vietnam - Australia Friendship Parliamentarians' Group; Vice Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee Le Thu Ha.

The delegation included: MP Kevin Hogan, Shadow Minister for Trade and Tourism ; Senator Anne Urquhart; Australian-Vietnamese MP Le Thi Trang Dai; Delegation Secretary Rachel Callinan; Advisor Nyat Mulugeta; Advisor Harriet Brooke.

Chairman of the Law Committee Hoang Thanh Tung welcomed President of the Australian Senate Sue Lines at Noi Bai International Airport. (Photo: An Dang/VNA)

Senator Sue Lines was born on 15 December 1953 in Western Australia; she has represented Western Australia since 2013 and has been President of the Senate since 2022. She served as Deputy President of the Senate and Chair of Committees from 2016 to 2022. She is the first female Labor President of the Senate and became the second female President, after Liberal Senator Margaret Reid, in 1996.

President Sue Lines' first official visit to Vietnam as President of the Australian Senate took place in the context of the Vietnam - Australia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership developing well.

Vice Chairwoman of the Foreign Affairs Committee Le Thu Ha welcomed President of the Australian Senate Sue Lines at Noi Bai International Airport. Photo: An Dang/VNA

The visit is of great significance, marking the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries; contributing to deepening and further substantively strengthening the relationship between the two legislative bodies, making this relationship an important pillar in the Vietnam - Australia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, meeting the aspirations and practical interests of the people of the two countries, for peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region and the world.

Source: https://daibieunhandan.vn/chinh-tri/chu-cich-thuong-vien-australia-sue-lines-den-ha-noi-bat-dau-chuyen-tham-chinh-thuc-viet-nam-i385500/