With a stable socio-political environment, improved infrastructure and a population of nearly 100 million, of which 70% are young and educated people, Vietnam will soon become a favourite destination for Australian investors, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung said on December 2.

The Australian-based Study Melbourne established an educational centre in Ho Chi Minh City on December 1, offering a vibrant and friendly space alive with opportunities to experience Melbourne.

Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien, Deputy Minister of National Defence of Vietnam and Peter Tesch, Deputy Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Industry at Australia’s Department of Defence, co-chaired the two countries’ fifth defence policy dialogue on December 1.

The total import-export turnover between Vietnam and Australia reached a record of AUD14 billion (US$10 billion) in the first 10 months of this year, an increase of 50% over the same period last year.

The Vietnamese Embassy and Vietnam Trade Office in Australia have launched a programme marketing two tonnes of Vietnamese whole frozen passion fruit products in a bid to increase the share of the fruit in the market.

VOV.VN - Vietnam-Australia economic relations are seeing rapid development, as demonstrated by the establishment of the South Australia - Vietnam Business Council which will help further promote the connection between Australia as well as South Australia state with Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Minister of Public Security General To Lam on November 23 had a meeting with Ambassador Giorgio Aliberti, head of the European Union Delegation to Vietnam, and held online talks with Australian Minister for Home Affairs Karen Andrews.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia Nguyen Tat Thanh attended a ceremony to inaugurate the Vietnam-Australia Trade and Investment Promotion Centre on November 20.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Embassy in collaboration with the Vietnamese Trade Office in Australia is launching a programme to popularize Vietnam’s Tra (pangasius) fish in various Australian cities.

Three wind power projects co-funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have been put into commercial operation, the agency announced on November 10.