Sydney (VNA) – The Vietnamese Embassy in Australia held a ceremony on September 5 to celebrate the 79th anniversary of Vietnam's National Day (September 2).
In his remarks, Ambassador Pham Hung Tam highlighted Vietnam's remarkable achievements, saying the country has emerged as one of the world's top 10 fastest-growing economies, with total trade exceeding 680 billion USD last year, and attracting an average of 55 billion USD in foreign investment over the past years.
Vietnam has established strategic partnership or higher-level relations with 30 countries, including all the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, Tam said.
Tam also stressed the elevation of the Vietnam-Australia relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in March. With over 30,000 Vietnamese students in Australia and nearly 300,000 Australian tourists visiting the Southeast Asian nation in the first seven months of this year, the people-to-people interaction is thriving, he said.
Bilateral trade is robust, expected to reach 20 billion USD this year, with both countries ranking among each other's top 10 trading partners.
Cooperation extends to global and regional forums, encompassing national defence-security, sci-tech, and people-to-people exchange, among other fields, the diplomat said.
Michelle Chan, Deputy Secretary of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, noted that the bilateral relationship is one of Australia's most important, diverse and dynamic relations, reflecting the depth of the strategic trust and shared ambition for the future.
Looking ahead, Chan expressed hope for continued close cooperation on issues crucial to both countries and the region, including collaboration with ASEAN, support for regional stability, and the consolidation of rules and norms that underpin common security and prosperity.
Ambassador Tam, along with oജfficials, raised their glasses to toast Vietnam's National Day and the friendship between🍬 the two countries. They also enjoyed dishes rich in Vietnamese flavour./.
Vietnam and Australia will prioritise coordination in implementing the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, including the newly established ministerial-level dialogue mechanisms on trade, energy and minerals to create a favourable environment for their businesses.
Deputy Foreign Minister Do Hung Viet and Australian Deputy Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade Michelle Chan co-chaired the 9th Vietnam-Australia diplomacy-defence dialogue in Hanoi on August 26.
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Granma and the VNA have great potential for cooperation, especially in sharing content regularly, so that VNA products are published on Granma platforms and vice versa, thereby helping Cuban and Vietnamese people access true information and gain a deep understanding of each other's country and people.
During his stay in China’s Guangzhou city from 1924 to 1927 to prepare for the establishment of a Communist Party to lead Vietnam’s revolution, President Ho Chi Minh founded “Thanh nien” newspaper and released its first issue on June 21, 1925.
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The strategic product, managed and operated by the Vietnam News Agency Digital Media Centre (VNA Media), is an official channel for popularising the Party and State’s information and documents as well as delivering mainstream and trustworthy news to both domestic and international audiences through various kinds of multimedia formats.
Since President Ho Chi Minh founded Thanh Nien (Young People) newspaper in 1925, the Vietnamese revolutionary press has become the voice of the people. During the resistance war against the colonialists, journalists took great personal risks to inspire patriotism and the will of rising up against foreign invaders.
The total investment exceeded 319 billion VND (12.2 million USD), including over 261 billion VND from the state budget and 57.5 billion VND mobilised from businesses, organisations, and individuals.
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Throughout its 80-year history, the VNA has remained at the forefront of information dissemination. It has consistently delivered timely, accurate, and objective reports on both domestic and international events, serving the Party’s leadership, the State’s management, and the public’s demand for official news.
With strong support from local authorities, businesses, organisations, and residents, the province has successfully built or repaired 10,707 homes for disadvantaged households, including war veterans, families of martyrs, ethnic minority people, and low-income residents.
Throughout its resistance against colonialists and imperialists, Vietnam developed a revolutionary press that has served as a benchmark for just and legitimate causes worldwide.
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PM Chinh lauded the press’s historic role in the nation’s fight for independence and its ongoing process of national development, affirming that the Government always highly appreciates the close partnership and steadfast support of press agencies and journalists nationwide.
In recent decades, Vietnam’s mainstream media has become a reliable and persuasive channel for showcasing the nation’s development policies and achievements, especially in economic matters, according to a senior assistant editor at the Times of India.
A hub for sharing best practices, the event aims to forge solutions for financial sustainability, public media contracts, audience engagement, content innovation, and newsroom restructuring. It is also a moment for Vietnam’s media to accelerate its progress and figure out what the “revolutionary press” means in a new era.
From “Thanh nien”, Vietnam’s first revolutionary newspaper founded by Nguyen Ai Quoc (later President Ho Chi Minh) on June 21, 1925, the revolutionary press has remained devoted to its sacred missions -accompanying the nation, serving the Fatherland, and working for the people.
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In this era of global integration and digitalisation, the press must adopt modern multimedia models to not only meet increasing information and communication demands but also align with the broader socio-economic development of the country.
