At the meeting, Ambassador Pham Hung Tam sincerely thanked Ms. Sharon Claydon, Vice President of the Australian Parliament , for her enthusiasm in continuing to assume the role of President of the Australia - Vietnam Friendship Parliamentarians' Association of the 48th Australian Federal Parliament. The Ambassador expressed his hope that the association will quickly develop, admit more new members, and become one of the largest friendship parliamentarians' associations in the Australian Parliament, making a positive contribution to the friendship and cooperation between the two Parliaments and the two countries of Vietnam and Australia.
Ambassador Pham Hung Tam emphasized the important role of the Vietnamese community in Australia, a large constituency of more than 350,000 people, with many groups enthusiastically supporting the Vietnam - Australia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, including the Vietnamese Business Association in Australia, the Association of Vietnamese Intellectuals and Experts in Australia, business associations and student associations in most Australian states.
For her part, Vice President of the National Assembly Sharon Claydon highly appreciated the good and strongly developing Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the two countries, especially in the fields of trade, investment, tourism, education and training, and people-to-people exchange.
Ms. Claydon said she will continue to compile a list of new members of the Australia-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentarians Association who are interested in Vietnam and the cooperative relationship between the two countries; she also emphasized that she is personally ready to welcome high-level delegations from Vietnam to Australia and will plan to visit Vietnam with members of the Australia-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentarians Association.
Ms. Sharon Claydon also expressed her interest in Vietnam's socio- economic development, including the arrangement and streamlining of Vietnam's state administrative apparatus.
Meanwhile, Senator Andrew McLachlan - Deputy Chairman of the Australian Bicameral Communications Committee - expressed his honor to become Vice President of the Australia - Vietnam Friendship Parliamentarians' Association of the 48th Australian Federal Parliament; emphasizing that along with the rapid development of the Australia - Vietnam friendship and cooperation relationship, the relationship between South Australia and Vietnam is also growing stronger.
Senator McLachlan expressed his delight that Vietnam has become the sixth largest export market for South Australia, that about 3,000 Vietnamese students are studying in the state, and that a number of individuals in the Vietnamese community in the state have had outstanding successes, including those who are serving as state parliamentarians.
Other parliamentarians attending the meeting highly appreciated the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the two countries, saying that there is still much potential for cooperation between the two sides and expressed their readiness to contribute to promoting the bilateral friendship and cooperation in general as well as cooperation between the two countries' National Assemblies in particular.
On this occasion, Ambassador Pham Hung Tam invited the Vice President of the Australian Parliament and parliamentarians to enjoy traditional Vietnamese dishes and raise their glasses to toast to the increasingly strong friendship between the two countries.
Source: https://baotintuc.vn/thoi-su/thuc-day-hop-tac-song-phuong-viet-nam-australia-20251104074348879.htm
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