State President holds talks with Australian Governor-General Sam Mostyn

Luong hailed Australia's effective support for Viet Nam through various initiatives, such as the human resource development program, the Viet Nam–Australia Center at the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, and the implementation of training programs to enhance leadership capacity, promote gender equality, develop effective public governance models, and advance human rights education in Viet Nam.

The Vietnamese State President suggested that Australia continue to assist Viet Nam in training senior leaders at both central and local levels as well as teachers and lecturers, promote experience-sharing among institutions, and foster collaboration between leading research bodies and universities of both nations.

Mostyn, for her part, affirmed that Australia has always been a reliable and sustainable partner of Viet Nam, consistently accompanying, supporting, and assisting the Southeast Asian nation in carrying out reforms to achieve its goal of becoming a high-income country by 2045.

She spoke highly of the important contributions of around 350,000 Vietnamese in Australia and nearly 40,000 Vietnamese students currently studying and conducting research there, stressing that people-to-people exchange lays a solid foundation for bilateral relations.

Both leaders held that Viet Nam has actively served as a bridge for Australia to strengthen its engagement with Southeast Asia, contributing to the advancement of the Australia–ASEAN Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and practical cooperation between Australia and the Mekong Subregion.

Both sides underlined the need to continue maintaining all-level delegation exchanges and local-to-local cooperation to enhance information sharing, consolidate political trust and mutual understanding, thus facilitating bilateral cooperation in multiple fields.

As defense and security cooperation is an important pillar of the bilateral ties, the two leaders agreed to further expand effective collaboration in this area. The Australian side will continue to back Viet Nam in training officers and participating in United Nations peacekeeping operations, including transportation of Viet Nam's field hospitals to its mission in South Sudan.

The Vietnamese side looks forward to stronger investment inflows from Australian businesses, building on Australia's economic connectivity initiatives with Southeast Asia, including the Southeast Asia Economic Strategy to 2040.

The leaders pledged to encourage research institutions and scientists from the two countries to collaborate in developing joint research projects, particularly in strategic technology fields such as artificial intelligence, new materials, and biomedical technology.

The two leaders vowed to continue close coordination at international and regional forums, especially the United Nations, ASEAN-led mechanisms, Mekong Subregion development cooperation, and APEC cooperation.

The Australian side reassured support for the principled stance of Viet Nam and ASEAN on ensuring security, safety, and freedom of navigation and overflight in the East Sea, and resolving disputes via peaceful means based on respect for international law, particularly the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

The same day, the Australian Governor-General had meetings with General Secretary To Lam, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man./.