In the meeting with the leaders of Victoria, the PM stated that Victoria and Việt Nam’s localities could enhance their cooperation in education, trade, investment, tourism, cultural exchange, financial services, telecommunication, agriculture, husbandry, food processing, petroleum, energy and labor. The Vietnamese Government always places importance on and wants to cement and deepen relations with Australia in general and Victoria in particular, said PM Dũng.

He asked Victoria’s government to help the Vietnamese community (about 88,000 people) make greater contributions to the state, functioning as the friendly bridge between Việt Nam and Australia.

Both the Governor and the Premier of Victoria asserted that, their state, as a leading commercial and industrial center in Australia, and also a great producer of such agricultural products as wool, lamb, barley and diary products, is eager to cooperate with Vietnamese partners in these fields.

Addressing a Business Forum held in Melbourne by the Việt Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and the Victoria Employers’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VECCI), PM Dũng highly spoke of the organization of the forum, considering it a practical event for enterprises of the two countries to share their information and seek for chances of investment in potential fields, such as mining, light industries, processing industry, finance, banking and services.