A meeting to mark the 40 th anniversary of Vietnam-Austriadiplomatic ties (December 1) and 67 years of Vietnam’s National Day washeld in Vienna, Austria on Sept. 12.

Austrian Pre♑sident Heinz Fischer and his spouse and𝐆 Vietnamese Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien were among others to attend the event.

In her speech, Minister Tien stressed the importance of the establishment of the two countries’ diplomatic ties and thanked the Austrian government for its🎀 support to Vietnam’s struggle for national independence and reunification.

She also highlighted the achievements of cooperation between Vietnam and Austria over the last four decades in economics, trade, investment, culture, health care and education and training.

She affirmed Vietnam’s policy of continuing to expand cooperation and friendship with Austria, one of its important EU partners.

After the visit to Vietnam by Austrian President He🦹inz Fischer in May, the two countries’ relations are seeing a prospect for further development, Tien added.

For his part, Martin Eichtinger, Director General for Cultural Policy at theAustrian Foreign Ministry, affirmed that his government commits togiving more support to Vietnam’s renewal process as well as maintainingexperience sharing with Vietnam in national industrialisation andmodernisation.

A performance of Vietnamese royal court music and traditional dress (ao dai) was held after the meeting.-VNA