Top legislator of Việt Nam meets with visiting Australian PM

HÀ NỘI — Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Vương Đình Huệ on Sunday met with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who is on an official visit to Việt Nam. The Vietnamese parliament supports the two countries to strengthen trade and investment partnerships and hopes that more Australian investors will come to do business in Việt Nam, he sad. He also welcomed RMIT University’s expansion of investment and cooperation in Việt Nam. Besides, Huệ highlighted the opening of the Việt Nam - Australia Centre at the Hồ Chí Minh National Academy of Politics, believing that it will help improve Vietnamese officials’ capacity. Việt Nam always attaches importance to and highly values Australia’s role in the region and the world, he stressed, calling on Australia to keep advocating ASEAN and Việt Nam’s stance on the East Sea issue.