Vietnam’s chairing the virtual 37th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits over the last week was an exceptional achievement given the hugely disruptive impact of COVID-19 on the ASEAN calendar this year, Australian Ambassador to ASEAN Will Nankervis has said.

The 37th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits, despite the constraints posed by COVID-19, was able to bring together all the 10 ASEAN heads of Government, 10 foreign ministers, and eight representatives of the bloc’s dialogue partners, Kamsiah Kamaruddin, Permanent Representative of Malaysia to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN

An international workshop on sustainable cooperation between Vietnam and Australia regarding techniques in mineral exploration and processing in the north of Vietnam was held in Hanoi on November 16.

VOV.VN - Providing that the internal procedures involving all related countries are completed in time, the signing ceremony of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is scheduled to take place on November 15, according to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and General Secretary of the National ASEAN 2020 Committee Nguyen Quoc Dung.

Vietnamese expats living in Australia contributed their ideas to draft documents of the 13th National Party Congress at a virtual seminar held by the Embassy of Vietnam in Canberra on November 7.

The Australian and Swiss governments have announced urgent humanitarian assistance to residents hit by the recent floods in Vietnam’s central region.

VOV.VN - The Australian Government considers Vietnam as one of its key partners in the Indo-Pacific region and wants to lift bilateral relationship to a level of a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

A photo exhibition themed “The life we miss” is being held in Sydney, Australia, from October 30 to November 15, with the aim of raising fund for flood-affected people in Vietnam’s central region.

Vietnam hopes to make economic cooperation truly an important driver for its relations with Japan, the US, and Australia, Head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission Nguyen Van Binh said on October 30.

VOV.VN - National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on October 30 safely repatriated more than 350 Vietnamese citizens left stranded in Australia and New Zealand due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.