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AUSTRALIA-VIETNAM Albanese, Australian Prime Minister, opens up to immigrant workers in Hanoi

During a visit to the Vietnamese capital, he called for a “first-rate partnership” between the two countries in the great game of alliances around the South China Sea. “We know that in areas like elderly care there is an opportunity for more sharing and support,” she said. For its part, the Vietnamese government made a “gesture of clemency” towards two Australians sentenced to death.

Hanoi ( / Agencies) – In the great game of alliances taking place in the Pacific Ocean, Australia is committed to increasing cooperation with Vietnam. On Sunday, on a visit to Hanoi to celebrate 50 years of diplomatic relations, Canberra Prime Minister Anthony Albanese expressed his intention to make Vietnam “a first order partner” of Australia.

Albanese and his Vietnamese counterpart, Pham Minh Chinh, signed an agreement to strengthen maritime cooperation amid rising tensions between China and the West in the neighboring South China Sea. They also pledged to develop a peacekeeping partnership, collaborate closely in the fight against cyber and transnational crime, and develop ties in education.

In the economic field, Canberra promised a package of 105 million Australian dollars (about 65 million euros) to help Vietnam decarbonise its economy. But Albanese also hinted at an important opening on the immigration issue: “We know that in areas like elderly care, for example, there is an opportunity for more sharing and support,” he said. “We want to make sure that when we consider immigration, let’s have the right people in the right places, with the right qualifications, so we can focus on the needs of Australia. We know that in some areas where there is a lack of qualified personnel, Vietnam can be of great help.”

For its part, Hanoi had a gesture of clemency with two Australians sentenced to death. “I made my requests to the Vietnamese prime minister yesterday morning,” Albanese recounted in a television interview, “and yesterday afternoon the president signed the clemency decrees. Australia very much welcomed this,” he added, explaining that the names of the people involved in the case did not reveal themselves because they had asked for privacy.

Hanoi’s cooperation with Canberra is also a message to Beijing: Vietnam has long been embroiled in a territorial dispute with China over a potentially energy-rich swath of the South China Sea, a strategic waterway through which more than 3 trillions of dollars in trade.

Photo: Anthony Albanese, Twitter profile



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