VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh outlined major orientations for ASEAN and Australia to make crucial breakthroughs in their cooperation partnership during a special summit in Melbourne, Australia, on March 6.

The central city of Da Nang – the host of the 13th ASEAN School Games has been speeding up its preparations for the event slated from May 31 to June 9, according to the Sports Authority of Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Cambodia will enhance economic connectivity, especially transport connectivity, between the two countries, creating the prerequisite to increase bilateral cooperation in other fields.

Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Tan Cuong led a Vietnamese delegation to the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Retreat (ADMM-Retreat) held in the northern Lao city of Luang Prabang on March 5.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his wife attended an official welcome ceremony for the delegation heads attending the Special Summit commemorating 50 years of ASEAN-Australia dialogue relations chaired by the Australian Prime Minister and his fiancée on March 5 in Melbourne.

VOV.VN -Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son held a meeting on March 5 with his Australian counterpart Penny Wong within the framework of the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit to commemorate the 50th anniversary of ASEAN-Australia dialogue relations.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, his spouse and the high-ranking delegation of Vietnam arrived at Melbourne airport at 9:20 pm (local time) on March 4, starting their attendance at the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit to commemorate the 50th anniversary of ASEAN-Australia dialogue relations, and official visits to Australia from March 5 –9 at the invitation of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s trip to attend the ASEAN - Australia Special Summit commemorating the 50th anniversary of the two sides’ dialogue relations and pay official visits to Australia and New Zealand holds special significance, said Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet.

Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Andrew Goledzinowski has emphasised the significance of the upcoming trip to Australia by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA).

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, his wife, and a high-ranking delegation left Hanoi on the morning of March 4 for the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit to commemorate the 50th anniversary of ASEAN-Australia dialogue relations and official visits to Australia and New Zealand from March 5 to March 11.