The meeting was attended by New South Wales (NSW) Governor Marie Bashir, the Speaker of the NSW Legislative Assembly Richard Torbay, numerous MPs and NSW officials as well as overseas Vietnamese and students studying in Sydney.

Consul General Vu Hong Nam highlighted the significance of the August Revolution to the Vietnamese nation and Vietnam’s achievements over the past 64 years. He spoke highly of the friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and Australia and said he hoped that both governments and the peoples from both countries would continue to develop their relationship.

Speaker Torbay stressed on the importance of good relations between Australia and Vietnam and underlined that the close ties between the two countries, especially in trade and university education, would be expanded.

Earlier this year, Australia and Vietnam signed the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement and Vietnam has been Australia’s fastest growing trading partner in Southeast Asia.

Torbay added that more and more Vietnamese students study in Australia and he said he was sure that those students would contribute to boosting relations between the two countries.

On the occasion, overseas Vietnamese said they were extremely pleased at the Vietnamese people’s achievements and were keen to contribute to the country./.