More than a year after upgrading their relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in March 2024, Vietnam and Australia have seen robust, wide-ranging progress across economic, trade, education, defence, security, digital transformation and sustainable development cooperation.

Melbourne City (Australia) defeated Ho Chi Minh City 3-0 in the final Group A match of the 2025–2026 AFC Women’s Club Championship on November 19 at Thong Nhat Stadium. Despite the loss, the Vietnamese team finished second in the group and secured a place in the quarterfinals.

A forum of Vietnamese entrepreneurs in Australia took place in Melbourne on November 19, highlighting investment, trade, and intellectual cooperation.

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.