National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan will pay official visits to Singapore and Australia from November 26 to December 2, according to a statement of the NA Committee for External Relations released on November 22.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan 

The visits will be made at the invitation of the parliaments and governments of Singapore and Australia.

Vietnam and Australia set up diplomatic ties in August 1, 1973. Singapore is current the sixth largest trade partner of Vietnam while Vietnam is the 11th biggest trade partner of Singapore. In the first seven months of 2017, two-way trade hit 5 billion USD, up 16.4 percent year on year.

Meanwhile, Vietnam and Australia have enjoyed growing partnership. Australia is the 19th largest investor of Vietnam with 407 projects worth 1.85 billion USD. Two-way trade reached about 5.3 billion USD in 2016, with Vietnam’s exports valued at 2.86 billion USD.-VNA

NA Chairwoman receives Australian Ambassador

NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Craig Chittick. 

The upcoming official visit to Australia by a high-ranking delegation from the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) is expected to bolster the Enhanced Comprehensive Partnership between the two countries.

NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan made the remark while hosting a reception for Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Craig Chittick.

She took the occasion to thank the Australian Government and Parliament for their invitation and the ambassador for his close cooperation with Vietnam’s relevant agencies to prepare for the visit.

Ngan also expressed her impression on the country and people of Australia where many Vietnamese students have chosen to pursue their study.

For his part, the Australian diplomat stressed that the coming visit, led by NA Chairwoman Ngan, takes place after Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull just attended the APEC 2017 Economic Leaders’ Meeting in the central city of Da Nang.

On the occasion, the two countries’ leaders expressed their delights at the sound development of the bilateral relations towards a strategic partnership, he noted.

He underlined that Ngan’s official visit to Australia will help elevate relations between the two countries to a new height, while the participation of Vietnamese businesses will contribute to intensifying bilateral economic and trade ties.-VNA