Trade, Security on Morrison’s Vietnam Menu

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison talks to the media at a press conference announcing his new Cabinet at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on May 26, 2019. Tracey Nearmy/Getty Images

Scott Morrison has pledged to bolster economic and security ties with Vietnam during an official visit to the southeast Asian nation.

He will be the first Australian prime minister to make a stand-alone visit to Vietnam since 1994 when he touches down in Hanoi on Thursday.