PM Phuc met with Kim in Canberra on the second day of his official visit to Australia from March 14-18. He informed Kim the results of his talks with Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull, especially the official establishment of the Strategic Partnership between the two countries. He urged the Society to further step up cooperation programs and projects in economics, trade, investment, culture, sports, healthcare, and people-to-people exchange between Viet Nam and Australia to match the new level of ties.
Welcoming the PM Phuc, Kim said the Society has carried out many projects to support Viet Nam, particularly the settlement of Agent Orange/Dioxin consequences, and to enhance exchanges in education and healthcare. The Society’s members, who work in different fields, have played an active part to aid its effort to develop the relations and make the bilateral cooperation more effective, he added.
The members then updated the PM on the society’s new projects, most notably the young doctors’ exchange program between the two countries that seeks to help Viet Nam improve healthcare service quality. It also plans to develop projects to support disadvantaged people and people with disabilities and to promote both sides’ cuisine cultures.
PM Phuc, for his part, vowed that the Government of Viet Nam will support and provide all possible conditions for the Society to implement the projects in the country.
