Vietnam, Australia to Push Economic Ties up Further: PM
Vietnam and Australia have seen the fine development in relations and multi-faceted cooperation over the past time, particularly in the field of trade, which reached US$6 billion in 2008, state media reported, quoting Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.
In a reception given to the visiting guest, President of Australian House of Representatives, Harry Jenkins, in Hanoi Jan 7, PM Dung believed the two countries’ trade value is completely able to be raised higher in the coming time.
The PM affirmed Vietnam would create more favorable conditions for Aussie investors to expand their operation in the country.
Particularly, PM Dung made the suggestion Australia considers allowing Vietnamese citizens to enjoy visa regulations similar to those offered by several other countries and hoped the two sides would sign agreements on labor cooperation.
Speaker Harry Jenkins told the Vietnamese leader that an Aussie minister of Minister of Immigration and Citizenship would arrive in Vietnam next week and discuss specific agreements on the above-mentioned matters.
On the occasion, Mr. Jenkins informed the PM of the results of his talks with National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong which concentrated on cooperative orientations between the two legislative bodies in the future.
Vietnam and Australia set up official ties in 1973. Currently, Australia is home to more than 9,000 Vietnamese students and post-graduates. (chinhphu.vn, Liberated Saigon)
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