Australia Strengthens Ties With ‘Top Tier’ Partner Vietnam

Australia Strengthens Ties With ‘Top Tier’ Partner Vietnam
Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (R) and Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (L) shake hands during a meeting at the Government Office in Hanoi on June 4, 2023. Nhac Nguyen/AFP via Getty Images
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese celebrated 50 years of bilateral relations with Vietnam with banh mi and beer in Hanoi while calling the friendship between the two countries “absolutely vital” to addressing the regional challenges.

Focusing heavily on enhancing trade, the prime minister indicated there were plans to upgrade Australia’s relationship with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership to signal the trust both countries had in each other as “top tier“ partners.