At the invitation of Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong, Governor-General of Australia David Hurley, is paying a State visit to Vietnam from April 3-6. This is the first official visit of a foreign head of state to Vietnam, in 2023 and the Governor-General of Australia is the first state guest of President Vo Van Thuong, in his new position.

Economic cooperation should continue to be the focus of bilateral ties between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea, National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairman Nguyen Duc Hai said at his talks with Deputy Assembly Speaker of the RoK Chung Woo-taik in Seoul on March 20.

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and her Australian counterpart Penny Wong co-chaired the fourth Vietnam-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Canberra on September 12.