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President Vo Van Thuong (R) and Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Andrew Goledzinowski. Photo: VNA Vietnam always values the promotion of friendly relations and strategic partnership with Australia, a long-standing traditional partner and one of the countries forming comprehensive strategic partnership with ASEAN, President Vo Van Thuong told Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Andrew Goledzinowski during a reception in Hanoi on March 17, VNA reported. President Thuong thanked Australia for being the second largest donor of Covid-19 vaccines to Vietnam with 26.4 million doses, thus helping the country drive back the pandemic and recover socio-economic development. He said two-way trade between the two countries hit USD 16.1 billion last year. With 579 projects worth nearly USD 1.98 billion, Australia ranked 20th out of 139 countries and territories investing in Vietnam. During the 2022-2023 fiscal year, Australia increased the supply of official development assistance to Vi...

Permanent Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man (fifth from left) posing for a photo with Barcelona’s leading officials. Photo: VNA Permanent Vice Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Tran Thanh Man left for Hanoi on March 18, concluding his four-day working visit to Spain. Before that, he visited the port city of Barcelona on March 17, within the framework of his working visit to Spain, VNA reported. General Secretary of Metropolis Felip Roca Blasco said that the visit was an important event for Barcelona, especially in the context of its policy of developing relations with Asian countries. As an open and dynamic city, Barcelona wants to seek cooperation opportunities with Vietnamese localities, particularly Ho Chi Minh City, he stressed. The general secretary also took this occasion to invite Vietnamese cities to attend exhibitions held in Barcelona, including the 2023 Smart City Expo World Congress slated for November. Man asserted that Vietnam al...