VOV.VN - Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Andrew Barr on June 16 held a working session with the Committee of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Canberra, joined by heads of ASEAN diplomatic missions in Australia.

The embassies of Vietnam and other ASEAN countries in Australia organised an ASEAN village event as part of the 27th Canberra Multicultural Festival on February 7.

VOV.VN - A delegation from the Ministry of Science and Technology led by Deputy Minister Tran Hong Thai held a working session with the Department of Industry, Science and Resources of Australia (DISR) and the Australian Research Council (ARC) in Canberra from August 8 to August 10 as part of the working trip to Australia from August 3 to August 10.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Australia discussed a number of security cooperation related issues during their third dialogue held in Canberra on February 22.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on December 1 met staff of the Vietnamese Embassy and more than 70 overseas Vietnamese (OVs) in Canberra, New South Wales and South Australia, and intellectuals and Vietnamese students in Australia, as part of his official visit to the country.

VOV.VN - Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs Penny Wong outlined that the close relationship with Vietnam is underpinned by their close economic and trade links, growing peacekeeping relationship, and longstanding people-to-people ties.

Website thediplomat.com has recently run an article highlighting that with Penny Wong’s maiden trip to Vietnam as the new Australian foreign minister, Hanoi stood out as one of Canberra’s leading priorities in Southeast Asia.

VOV.VN - A group of three big Australian warships, amphibious assault ship HMAS Canberra, missile frigate HMAS Anzac and tanker HMAS Sirius, docked at Cam Ranh Bay in Khanh Hoa province for a series of bilateral cooperation activities from September 20-23.

Canberra-based Mekong Organics held a ceremony on September 15 to launch the “Promoting organic food certification & trade between Australia and Vietnam” project which is supported by the Australian Government.

VOV.VN - The ASEAN Committee in Canberra (ACC) will continue striving to fulfil its role of serving as a bridge between ASEAN and Australia in order to raise the strategic partnership to new heights.