NA leader pledges to support VN, Australia friendship organisations
NA leader pledges to support VN, Australia friendship organisations’ ties
The National Assembly (NA) and Government of Vietnam always support and create favourable conditions for Vietnamese and Australian friendship organisations to increase activities.
The meeting between NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and President of the Australia-Vietnam Friendship Society Kim Sampson (Photo: VNA)
Canberra (VNA) – The National Assembly (NA) andGovernment of Vietnam always support and create favourable conditions forVietnamese and Australian friendship organisations to increase activities,including educational and cultural exchanges and cooperation in humanitarianaid.
The remark was made by NA Chairwoman Nguyen ThiKim Ngan during her meeting with President of the Australia-Vietnam FriendshipSociety (AVFS) Kim Sampson in Canberra on November 29.
The top legislator, who is on an official visitto Australia, noted with satisfaction the increase of mutual high-rankingvisits and meetings, adding that cooperation via all channels, includingbetween their Parties, parliaments, governments and people, has been expanded.
At the recent APEC Economic Leaders’ Week inVietnam’s Da Nang city, Prime Ministers Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Malcolm Turnbullagreed to soon lift the Vietnam-Australia relationship to a strategicpartnership, she said, expressing her belief that bilateral ties will bereinforced for the sake of the two countries’ people.
She appreciated the AVFS’s practical activities,describing it as a bridge helping to enhance the countries’ sound relations,especially their people’s friendship and mutual understanding.
Vietnam and Australia will mark 45 years oftheir diplomatic ties in 2018. Therefore, the countries’ friendshipassociations should coordinate to organise meaningful celebrations, thuscontributing to a practical Vietnam-Australia Friendship Year 2018.
As Vietnamese people in Australia is a bigcommunity, Chairwoman Ngan asked the President and members of the AVFS assistVietnamese people in integrating into the local society and contribute to thetwo countries’ relations.
For his part, AVFS President Sampson said thenumber of AVFS members has been on the rise since the association was set upfour decades ago.
He said AVFS members are looking forward to the45th anniversary of the bilateral diplomatic ties. The association will jointhe Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia to promote people-to-people exchanges.
Earlier on November 29, the Vietnamese leaderhad attended a hearing of the Australian Senate.-VNA
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The meeting between NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and President of the Australia-Vietnam Friendship Society Kim Sampson (Photo: VNA) 
