Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with leaders and representatives of the Vietnamese Australian Scholars and Experts Association in Canberra. Photo: VOV

At the meeting, PM Chinh stressed that the framework of the freshly established Vietnam-Australia comprehensive strategic partnership offers favorable conditions for the nations’ friendship associations to step up cooperation, people-to-people exchanges and contributions to the growth of the bilateral relations.

He suggested Association maximize the role of Vietnamese scholars and experts in Australia, further connect with Australian research institutions, training facilities and businesses, and cooperate with Vietnamese ministries and sectors to boost cooperation in the areas of science-technology, education-training, economy-trade- investment, artificial intelligence, semiconductors, deep processing of minerals, green transport, and carbon credits.

Vietnam also needs support for farmers, agricultural economic development, and climate change response, especially in the Mekong Delta region, he added.

The PM assigned the Ministry of Education and Training to work directly with the Vietnamese Australian Scholars and Experts Association to promote bilateral engagements in human resource training. He expressed his hope that Australia will increase scholarships for Vietnam in the fields of digital transformation, green transition, circular economy, and sharing economy, especially early and quick training of semiconductor chip engineers to take advantage of the current huge opportunity in semiconductors.

After the meeting, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his wife will leave Canberra for Auckland for an official visit to New Zealand.