The sessions took place within the framework of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee and President To Lam’s ongoing state visit to Australia. The discussions focused on expanding cooperation in personnel training, policy consultancy and development governance as the Viet Nam-Australia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership enters a new growth phase.
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At the working session between the Vietnamese delegation and the DFAT |
At the working session with DFAT on August 11, the two sides exchanged an agreement launching Phase 2 of the Viet Nam-Australia Center (VAC). A DFAT official described the VAC as a flagship symbol of bilateral cooperation, reflecting deepening political trust between the two countries. The department also recognized the positive role and contribution of the HCMA and expressed its hope that the next phase will deliver more substantive results.
Thang praised the VAC’s achievements as a concrete model to advance shared strategic directions. He highlighted the VAC’s notable contribution to training and developing Viet Nam’s leadership and management officials in development governance, including green growth, circular economy, leadership capacity building, gender equality and human rights.
Beyond training, the center has carried out research, knowledge sharing and policy advice, focusing on the review of Viet Nam’s 40-year Doi Moi (Renewal) process, new governance models and industrial development policy. Joint forums and seminars have produced scientific evidence and useful recommendations to guide policymaking and bolster bilateral ties.
Thang affirmed that the Phase 1 results provide an important groundwork for the two sides to further improve the quality of Phase 2, with closer links between personnel training and policy research and advice.
At the ANZSOG, Thang noted that the HCMA and the school share similar missions in public-sector leadership training and policy research. He said ANZSOG could make practical contribution to reforming how Viet Nam trains its personnel. The two sides agreed to boost the sharing of experience in public governance, evidence-based policymaking and management capacity amid digital transformation and green transition.
On the occasion, the HCMA and ANZSOG exchanged a Memorandum of Understanding setting a framework for specific cooperation activities going forward.
At the ANU, Thang and his delegation discussed emerging sci-tech trends, AI policy, development governance and ways to partner with Vietnamese research bodies. The ANU stressed that in a fast-changing global landscape, education and research on governance, technology and security hold vast cooperation potential, with people placed at the center.
Thang asserted that the top Vietnamese leader’s state visit is injecting strong new momentum into the bilateral ties, driving closer relations across three interlinked pillars of technology, institutional framework and people. The working sessions reaffirmed that cooperation in quality workforce development and policy research and advice is becoming ever more substantive, deepening the Viet Nam-Australia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
Source: VNA