NA leader's Australia visit to boost comprehensive partnership
VOV.VN - National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan is due to make an official visit to Australia at the invitation of the Australian legislative and government bodies after her trip to Singapore beginning on November 26.
The visit aims to consolidate comprehensive partnership with Australia.
Vietnam and Australia have enjoyed growing partnership over the past years. Australia is Vietnam’s eighth biggest trade partner with bilateral trade exceeding US$5 billion in 2016.
Australia is the 19th largest investor of Vietnam with 378 projects worth US$1.7 billion ,while Vietnam is running 17 investment projects valued at US$137 million.
Australia is also among Vietnam’s largest ODA providers, with more than AUD130 million (US$99 million ) per year during 2010-2015.
Vietnam’s NA first signed a cooperation agreement with the Australian House of Representatives in 2008 on the occasion of then NA Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong’s official visit to Australia.
During the Vietnam visit by then Speaker of the House of Representatives Anna Burke in 2013, a cooperative agreement between the Vietnamese legislature and Australia’s Parliament was signed.
These documents have laid a legal foundation to promote and deepen bilateral cooperation between the two legislative bodies.