Head of the Central Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Commission Nguyen Trong Nghia visits and works in Australia

Implementing the Foreign Affairs Program, Comrade Nguyen Trong Nghia, Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Propaganda and Education Commission and the Party's high-ranking delegation began a visit to Australia.

Comrade Nguyen Trong Nghia met with Australian Co-Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Co-Minister of Immigration Matthew Thistlethwaite. (Photo: VNA)

On September 18, Comrade Nguyen Trong Nghia met with Australian Co-Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Co-Minister of Immigration Matthew Thistlethwaite, President of the Communist Party of Australia Vinnie Molina and President of the Australia-Vietnam Friendship Association Kim Samson, visited and talked with officials and staff of the Vietnamese Embassy in Australia.

Welcoming Comrade Nguyen Trong Nghia and the Vietnamese delegation to visit Australia, Co-Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Matthew Thistlethwaite affirmed that the visit took place at a time when the relationship between the two countries was developing well; bilateral economic and trade relations had very positive changes despite the fluctuations of the world economy; Australia wished to cooperate with Vietnam to promote free trade and international order based on rules, strengthening the role of the World Trade Organization (WTO).

The Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade highly appreciated the deep defense cooperation between the two countries on the basis of the peacekeeping partnership agreement signed in 2024, highlighting Vietnam's role in UN peacekeeping operations. In addition, people-to-people exchanges between the two countries have also increased sharply with more and more Australians visiting Vietnam and Vietnamese students studying in Australia. The Minister said that the Australian Government recently agreed to promote agricultural cooperation with Vietnam by granting visas to the first batch of 44/1,000 Vietnamese agricultural workers to Australia under the agreement between the two countries.

The Head of the Central Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Commission congratulated the Australian Government on its recent achievements and highly appreciated the positive results of the recent State visit to Vietnam by the Australian Governor-General, which created an important milestone for the Vietnam-Australia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership; affirmed that the Party and Government of Vietnam attach importance to the position and role of Australia and wish to strengthen cooperation in all fields with Australia, and suggested that the two sides actively coordinate and effectively implement high-level agreements and existing cooperation mechanisms, in order to bring practical benefits to the people of the two countries.

The President of the Australia-Vietnam Friendship Association expressed his impression of Vietnam's strong development in recent years under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam. Based on the activities of the Australia-Vietnam Friendship Association in recent times, he pledged to continue promoting people-to-people friendship with Vietnam, including informing about Vietnam's development achievements.

Comrade Nguyen Trong Nghia thanked and appreciated the active activities of the Australia-Vietnam Friendship Association in promoting cooperation and friendship with Vietnam, especially in the fields of health and science; and asked the Association's President to continue to promote his role as a bridge to more strongly spread the friendship and mutual understanding between the people of the two countries.

Comrade Vinnie Molina, President of the Communist Party of Australia, expressed his pleasure at having the opportunity to meet Comrade Nguyen Trong Nghia and the high-ranking delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam. He expressed his admiration for the Vietnamese people in their past struggle for independence and congratulated them on their achievements in building socialism today.

Comrade Nguyen Trong Nghia works with Chairman of the Communist Party of Australia Vinnie Molina. (Photo: VNA)

Comrade Nguyen Trong Nghia proposed to further strengthen the traditional friendship and good cooperation between the two parties, through sharing information and policies about each party, exchanging theories, promoting cooperation in information work, press, publishing, and mass mobilization.

At the working session with the Vietnamese Embassy in Australia, Comrade Nguyen Trong Nghia praised the efforts and congratulated the Ambassador and Embassy staff in performing assigned political tasks, and asked the staff and Party members of the Embassy to promote solidarity, increase initiative and sense of responsibility in coordinating with agencies to promote the comprehensive strategic partnership with Australia to develop more strongly, bringing practical benefits and meeting the increasing demands of the country in the new development stage.

At the meetings and working sessions, the Head of the Central Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Commission also informed Australian partners about Vietnam's recent achievements in economic, social and foreign affairs development, about the development goals set by the Communist Party of Vietnam, about important guidelines and policies to promote institutional reform, perfect the legal system to create breakthroughs, promote economic growth, and bring Vietnam into a new period of development, an era of national growth.

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Source: https://nhandan.vn/truong-ban-tuyen-giao-va-dan-van-trung-uong-nguyen-trong-nghia-tham-va-lam-viec-tai-australia-post908982.html