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Emeritus Professor Carlyle Thayer from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Canberra, Australia. (Photo: unsw.adfa.edu.au) Sydney (VNA) - Carlyle A. Thayer - Emeritus Professor, The University of New South Wales, Canberra at the Australian Defence Force Academy, has emphasised turning points in Vietnam-Australia relations in his exclusive article to Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic ties (February 26). Following is the full text of Thayer’s article. “Australia and Vietnam established diplomatic relations in 1973 after negotiations were concluded in Paris that resulted in an Agreement to End the War and Restore the Peace in Vietnam. Bilateral relations have been continually developed with two major turning points. The first major turning point was reached in 2009 during the visit to Canberra by Nong Duc Manh, Secretary General of the Vietnam Communist Party. On September 7, Deputy Prime Ministers … [Read more...] about Australia-VN to raise relations to Strategic Partnership: Aussie Prof

Officials of the CPTPP member nations at the deal signing ceremony in Chile last March (Photo: AFP/VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam and Japan on September 13 urged the US to rejoin the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal, now renamed Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), almost two years after US President Donald Trump withdrew from the deal, according to the AFP news agency.   The AFP report quoted Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono, speaking at the World Economic Forum on ASEAN in Hanoi, as saying that CPTPP members believe that the agreement is still the best option for the US, and that it will be very attractive for US industries and farmers to join it. He added that the pact could be going into effect by the end of the year. Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh echoed Kono's appeal, calling the deal "a very high-standard agreement".   The TPP used to be … [Read more...] about Foreign media: Vietnam, Japan call on US to rejoin CPTPP

The meeting was under the chair of Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh, member of the Party Central Committee, permanent member of the Central Military Commission, Deputy-Defense Minister, permanent member of the National Steering Committee on Overcoming War Consequences of Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) and Toxic Chemicals in Vietnam and head of Office 701. Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh addressing the event Listening to reports by Office 701 under the Department of Military Sciences and related agencies and units as well as participants’ opinions, General Vinh underscored that last year, the related military and civilian agencies and units closely coordinated with each other and seriously implemented Decision 701 of the Prime Minister who is head of the National Steering Committee. He lauded the Department of Military Sciences for their prompt and timely compilation of documents on the operational regulations of the National Steering Committee, and … [Read more...] about UXO and toxic chemicals-related tasks deployed