Special things during the Prime Minister's "heart-to-heart" working trip

The working trip to Australia and New Zealand of the Vietnamese high-ranking delegation led by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh was a great success in all aspects and the deep impression throughout the trip was sincerity, affection, and trust with the message "from heart to heart".

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese exchanged statements on upgrading the bilateral relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

This is consistently demonstrated in the Prime Minister's diverse activities in the two countries, from multilateral activities such as the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit, to bilateral events during his visit to Australia and New Zealand, and especially when meeting with overseas Vietnamese - children far from the Fatherland.

Mr. Tran Ba ​​Phuc, Chairman of the Vietnamese Business Association in Australia, commented: Australian politicians are very impressed and sympathetic with the Prime Minister; the business community and international friends in Australia and New Zealand all respect and appreciate the dynamism, strength and confidence of the head of the Vietnamese Government , especially his activities and important messages that have created sympathy and inspired partners.

Special diplomatic protocols...

New Zealand is an island nation located at the far end of the Southwest Pacific Ocean, also known as “Aotearoa”, which in the native Maori language means “land of the long white cloud”.

Like many others, during his first visit to New Zealand, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh was impressed by the peace, civilization, beauty, hospitality, greenness, cleanliness, beauty, and safety of this developed industrial country with a very high income.

The Governor-General of Australia personally drove the tram to take the Prime Minister and his wife on a tour of the Governor-General's Palace.

The Vietnamese delegation received a warm and thoughtful welcome from the Government and people of New Zealand. The welcoming ceremony for the Prime Minister was solemnly held according to the highest diplomatic protocol for the head of a foreign government, with a 19-gun salute.

In particular, New Zealand is a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural country, and the ceremony also included welcoming rituals for distinguished guests from afar according to the traditional customs of the indigenous Maori people. The friendliness and hospitality made customs with indigenous names such as haka dance (warrior dance), Hongi ceremony (nose touching)... become familiar to the members of the Vietnamese delegation.

According to the Prime Minister, Vietnam and New Zealand share many common values, such as valuing the maintenance of national cultural identity; promoting community spirit, solidarity, and the spirit of mutual love and support. Quoting the Maori proverb: "To raise a child to become a good person, it takes the efforts of the whole village. To make a person successful, it takes the efforts of the whole community", the Prime Minister said that the Vietnamese also have a similar saying: "One tree cannot make a forest. Three trees together can make a high mountain".

Meanwhile in mainland Australia, Vietnamese Ambassador Pham Hung Tam emphasized that the Prime Minister's visit this time has a special significance, opening a new chapter in the relationship between the two countries and Australia has given the Prime Minister and his delegation a very respectful and thoughtful welcome, with special diplomatic ceremonies beyond the usual level.

The official welcoming ceremony took place solemnly at the Australian Parliament House - located on a high hill with a panoramic view of the open, beautiful, and green space of the "garden city" Canberra, witnessed by a large number of residents and tourists.

The New Zealand Government gave Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his wife a special Maori custom to welcome distinguished guests. In the photo, the New Zealand Prime Minister and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh perform the Hongi (touching noses) ceremony during the welcoming ceremony.

Intimate, close and respectful, the Australian Prime Minister took Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh to introduce his office, asked about his family, hobbies... He also shared stories with his Vietnamese counterpart, such as attending a wedding where the bride was of Vietnamese origin, in which the groom's family had only 20 guests but the bride's family had more than 100 guests.

Mr. Nguyen Thanh Hoang, a famous overseas Vietnamese businessman invited by the Australian Government to attend this formal reception, commented: Even at the reception, the host country also "Vietnamized" many dishes with many pure Vietnamese spices but delicately combined with traditional Australian dishes, showing that the host side is very enthusiastic, well-prepared and Vietnamese culture has left a deep impression in the "Land of Kangaroos".

The scientific thinking, concise, coherent, and methodical presentation with strong, visionary, and strategic messages of the head of the Government made a great impression on politicians and distinguished guests attending the working sessions, receptions, and receptions of the Australian Prime Minister - Mr. Hoang commented.

Notably, the Governor-General of Australia personally drove a tram to take the Prime Minister and his wife on a tour of the Governor-General's Palace. According to many people, this was a very rare gesture and the Prime Minister's visit made the Vietnamese community proud.

In discussions with the two countries’ partners, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh also repeatedly shared the message “from heart to heart”. According to him, the close affection and enthusiasm to strengthen bilateral relations are not only expressed through words, but also through eyes, handshakes and being able to affirm and establish trust, sharing, and sincerity, that is the most important thing.

"We will never forget the valuable support and assistance of our friends in the most difficult times. Only in times of difficulty and adversity can we know who is sincere and devoted to us," the Prime Minister affirmed.

Frequently asking the question “Does anyone have any further comments?” to encourage delegates, the head of the Government paid close attention to all opinions. Many delegates expressed that it was the Prime Minister’s openness and closeness that motivated them to boldly express their opinions.

'I'm here to listen to you, don't be afraid of running out of time'

During the visit, the Prime Minister also received a number of overseas Vietnamese associations, met with representatives of the Vietnamese community, and Vietnamese businessmen in Australia and New Zealand. The meetings took place in a very friendly, close, and sincere atmosphere, with no distance between the delegation and the children far from the Fatherland.

The Prime Minister took note of all comments and answered them thoroughly, without avoiding any questions. After listening to each comment, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh often looked around the room and asked, “Does anyone else have any comments?” to encourage them to express themselves.

For example, the meeting with the Vietnamese science and technology group (VietTech NZ) within the framework of the official visit to New Zealand. Due to the tight schedule, the design time of this activity was not long, but the Prime Minister extended it by nearly an hour with the desire to listen to all the enthusiastic opinions and suggestions of the Vietnamese intellectuals and scientists here for the country.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his wife with Vietnamese people at Canberra airport.

“Traveling tens of thousands of kilometers from Vietnam to here, we spare no time to hear the experiences, lessons, advantages and difficulties of each Vietnamese person in New Zealand,” he told the delegates and members of the working delegation.

Similarly, at the meeting with overseas Vietnamese that evening, with limited time, the Vietnamese Embassy in New Zealand initially planned to stop at 4 opinions, but the Prime Minister wanted to hear more. The Prime Minister openly said: "If you have any opinions, questions, or concerns, please speak up. I am here to listen to you, don't be afraid of running out of time." After the Prime Minister's statement, the atmosphere of the meeting became extremely lively.

Meeting with overseas Vietnamese in New Zealand, the Prime Minister hoped that they would continue to unite, help each other, and join hands to build a united, strong, and developing community.

Overseas Vietnamese from many walks of life, many ages, many professions and fields shared personal but highly general experiences, small stories but great meanings, suggesting many remarkable directions and solutions in education and training, science and technology, innovation, creating more motivation, more inspiration, helping leaders have more thinking, methodology, new approaches to problems, according to the Prime Minister. Listening directly to the opinions and suggestions, I found them very enriching.

The Prime Minister expects, believes and wishes that each overseas Vietnamese “will always be proud to be Vietnamese and always worthy of being Vietnamese”, no matter where they are or what they do. In response to the Prime Minister, the overseas Vietnamese affirmed that they will always keep their Vietnamese hearts and always turn towards their homeland.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, ASEAN leaders and the ASEAN Secretary General pose for a group photo at the official welcoming ceremony for the heads of delegations attending the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit.

'We benefit but our partners lose, so we are not happy'

On the multilateral level, during this working trip, the profound, comprehensive and strategic speeches of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit were highly appreciated by the countries, both accurately assessing the level of the relationship over the past 50 years and proposing visions, future directions and proposals and initiatives to promote the relationship in the coming time. The countries were impressed with the number 3 proposed by the Vietnamese Prime Minister, which are 3 breakthroughs, 3 enhancements and 3 together for the ASEAN-Australia relationship in the coming time.

In his policy statements, sharing about Vietnam's diplomatic line, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said that sincerity, trust and responsibility play a particularly important role in solving the problems facing the world today - a world facing great challenges, great conflicts and in a period of profound transformation.

Emphasizing the identity and school of “bamboo diplomacy”, the Prime Minister stated: The Vietnamese bamboo tree has “firm roots, a strong trunk, and flexible branches”. Vietnam does not choose sides but chooses righteousness, fairness, justice and reason based on the principles of international law, the United Nations Charter, equality, mutual benefit and win-win. “If we benefit but our partners suffer, get nothing, we will not be happy and the cooperative relationship cannot be sustainable”, the Prime Minister frankly shared.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended and spoke at the plenary session of the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit.

The Head of Government clearly stated the main orientation in Vietnam's international relations: Taking sincerity as the basis to promote dialogue, strengthen trust for sustainable and long-term relationships; proactively contributing to the common interests of the international community. Promoting solidarity, international cooperation, multilateralism, respecting and complying with common principles and standards of conduct; promoting the mindset of "win-win cooperation, mutual benefit" instead of the mindset of "win-lose"; taking peace, stability, cooperation and development as the goal; taking the United Nations Charter and international law as the foundation. Combining national strength with the strength of the times; proactively adapting; enhancing endogenous capacity, self-capacity, self-reliance, self-strengthening, and efforts to rise up of countries and regions.

I would like to conclude this article with comments from those who directly heard the Prime Minister speak. Ms. Nguyen Thi Minh, a New Zealander who has been away from the homeland for 20 years, said: "We do not choose where we are born, nor do we choose our parents, but we can choose our attitude towards life, and from the Prime Minister's sincere sharing, I feel very grateful. I hope that a positive attitude towards life and the spirit of striving for the common good will continue to spread to everyone."

Professor John Allen, Principal of Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand), highly appreciated the messages delivered by the Prime Minister in his policy speech here. He said that the audience was truly honored to listen and feel the sincerity, enthusiasm, energy and inspiration in the Prime Minister's speech. "We are truly moved because the Prime Minister has made New Zealand understand Vietnam better, we are more connected, understand each other better, truly going from heart to heart," he said.

According to VGP

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