VOV.VN - Australia is providing an additional AUD800,000 in humanitarian assistance to support communities in central Vietnam affected by Typhoons Fengshen and Kalmaegi, according to the Embassy of Australia in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - On November 3, at the Vietnam House in Canberra, Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia Pham Hung Tam held a cordial meeting with the key founding members of the Australia-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Group of the 48th Australian Federal Parliament (2025-2028), including senators and members of parliament from both the ruling Labor Party and the opposition Coalition.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia Pham Hung Tam had a working session with Anthony McFarlane, Head of Corporate Affairs at Sunrice Group, Australia's largest rice producer and distributor in Canberra on October 29.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on October 28 joined leaders of ASEAN member states and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the 5th ASEAN – Australia Summit in Kuala Lumpur, part of the 47th ASEAN Summit and related summits.

The Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations under the Ministry of National Defence on October 27 launched a training course on United Nations peacekeeping operations for female military officers, with support from UN Women and Australia.

State President Luong Cuong hosted a reception in Hanoi on October 25 for Australian Assistant Minister for Immigration and Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Matt Thistlethwaite, who is in Vietnam to attend the Signing Ceremony of the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime (Hanoi Convention).

The first online meeting connecting Australia – Vietnam business councils, associations, and organisations across Australia, along with Vietnamese firms operating in the country was held on October 24.

VOV.VN - An Australian delegation led by Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Matt Thistlethwaite arrived in Vietnam on October 24 to attend and sign the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime on behalf of the Australian Government.

VOV.VN - The Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) brought 16 leading Australian education technology (edtech) businesses to Hanoi as part of the Edtech to Vietnam In-Market Immersion Programme 2025 held on October 22-24.

Australia is providing up to AUD3 million in humanitarian assistance to Vietnam following Typhoons Bualoi and Matmo, as these consecutive typhoons have led to widespread destruction and flooding across northern and central Vietnam.