VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, who is paying an official visit to Australia, attended and delivered a speech at a Vietnam – Australia education forum held in Canberra on March 8.

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Representative in Vietnam Matt Jackson has affirmed that Vietnam has been putting gender equality, women’s empowerment, and human rights at the centre of development.

VOV.VN - Vietnam advocates promoting gender equality, considering it a consistent policy in national development.

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Justice Tran Tien Dung and Australian Deputy Secretary of Justice Tara Inverarity held talks in Canberra on March 7.

Economic and trade ties between Vietnam and New Zealand have developed continuously since the upgrade of bilateral ties to strategic partnership in September 2009, and the upcoming visit to New Zealand by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh is an occasion for leaders of both countries to discuss orientations to further consolidate political trust and multifaceted cooperation.

VOV.VN - Danish Minister for the Interior and Health Sophie Løhde paid a visit to Vietnam on March 5-6 to further strengthen the bilateral health cooperation, especially on primary health care and non-communicable diseases.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Australia on March 7 issued a joint statement on the lifting of their relationship to a comprehensive strategic partnership.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh expected stronger parliamentary cooperation between Vietnam and Australia during his meeting with Sharon Claydon, deputy speaker of the House of Representatives and head Australia-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Group, in Canberra on March 7.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has committed to creating the optimal conditions for the Republic of Korean businesses to operate successfully in the country, aiming to raise two-way trade turnover to US$150 billion by 2030, said Minister of Finance Ho Duc Phoc at an investment promotion conference held in Seoul, the RoK, on March 7.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s official visit to New Zealand on March 10 - 11 is expected to help further intensify the two countries’ political trust and multifaceted cooperation and develop bilateral relations more fruitfully.