Vietnamese PM Nguyen Tan Dung and his Australian counterpart Julia Gillard on Sunday have agreed to beef up coordination to concretize the comprehensive partnership between the two countries.
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PM Nguyen Tan Dung (R) welcomes Australian counterpart Julia Gillard, Ha Noi, October 31, 2010
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Ms. Julia Gillard is on her visit to Viet Nam to attend the first ASEAN-Australia Summit and the 5th East Asia Summit in Ha Noi.
During their meeting on Sunday, the two PMs noted that the bilateral ties have undergone fine developments and stressed the need to translate the Viet Nam-Australia Action Program for 2010-2013 into specific projects.
They were convinced to maintain the regular exchanges of high-ranking visits and speed up cooperation in economy, trade, investment, national defense, education, and people-to-people exchanges.
Both the host and the guest agreed that peace, stability, and free maritime in the Eastern Sea are common interests of the relevant parties in the region.
Viet Nam and Australia should expand cooperation in addressing trans-national issues, including human trafficking, said PM Julia Gillard.
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PM Nguyen Tan Dung and Australian counterpart Julia Gillard witness the signing ceremony of the Viet Nam–Australia Action Program for the 2010–2013 period, Ha Noi, October 31, 2010
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She also extended her congratulations to Viet Nam as the ASEAN President in 2010 and deep condolences to victims of the recent floods in the Central Region.
On the same day, the two PMs witnessed the signing ceremony of an agreement on connectivity in the Mekong Delta center, and the Viet Nam–Australia Action Program for the period of 2010–2013.
The documents provide a legal framework for the two countries to engage in specific cooperation projects./.