VOV.VN - Many Australian businesses have selected Vietnam as an investment destination due to its political stability, rapid recovery in the post-COVID period, golden demographics, and efforts to fight corruption, as well as improved transparency, according to insiders.

As part of celebrations to mark the 50th founding anniversary of Australia-Vietnam diplomatic relations, the Australian Embassy in Vietnam on March 22 opened a multimedia installation exhibition named “Walking through a Songline” in Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - The nation always values friendly relations and strategic partnership with Australia, a long-standing traditional partner and one of the countries forming comprehensive strategic partnership with ASEAN.

VOV.VN - Australia considers Vietnam a close, strategic partner and a good friend, Ambassador Andrew Goledzinowski told Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang at the Government headquarters in Hanoi on March 14.

VOV.VN - The first-ever book festival on gender equality is being held from March 4 to March 11 at the Vietnam Women’s Museum in Hanoi.

A forum on promoting digitalisation to support traceability of agricultural and food products was held in Hanoi on February 28, with the support of the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) in Vietnam.

From a backward, poor and essentially rural-based society and economy, isolated from the rest of the world, Vietnam has developed into a thriving, dynamic, modern, middle-income country with extensive international commercial and human links, former Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Graham Alliband has said.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Australia have recorded plenty of achievements across multiple fields of cooperation over the past five decades, from politics to investment, trade, education, as well as defense and security, said Phan Van Mai, chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City administration.

The Australian Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City on February 23 held an art programme themed “Come Together” on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the diplomatic ties between Vietnam and Australia (February 26, 1973 - 2023).

VOV.VN - Australian travel newspaper The Sydney Morning Herald has described Phu Quoc Island in the southern province of Kien Giang as a “Mediterranean town” in Vietnam.