Australian Ambassador awarded Vietnam Friendship Order

Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son authorized by State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc presented the Order to the Australian Ambassador in Hanoi on June 10.

Minister Son congratulated and highly appreciated Ambassador Mudie’s positive contributions to developing the Vietnam-Australia Strategic Partnership in a substantive and effective manner.

He noted that the cooperation relationship between the two countries has yielded many important achievements, especially in the fields of politics - diplomacy, defense - security, economy - trade - investment, science - technology, and agriculture.

The two countries have also maintained high-level visits, and coordinated well at regional and international forums, especially when Vietnam was the ASEAN Chair in 2020 and a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for 2020-2021.

Vietnam always attaches importance to the strategic partnership with Australia, emphasized Minister Son, expressing his belief that the new Australian Government would continue to promote friendship and cooperation with Vietnam.

For her part, the Ambassador thanked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and relevant ministries, branches and localities of Vietnam for their support and cooperation during her working time in Vietnam.

The Ambassador affirmed that she considers Vietnam her second homeland and would continue to contribute to the development of the friendly and cooperative relationship between Vietnam and Australia.