Security and economics will feature heavily when Anthony Albanese visits Singapore and Vietnam in coming days.
Vietnam would welcome a strong statement from Anthony Albanese on preserving peace in the South China Sea, its ambassador to Australia says, amid a flare-up in tensions between Hanoi and Beijing over recent Chinese incursions into its exclusive economic zone.
Before travelling to Vietnam, Mr Albanese will deliver the keynote address in Singapore on Friday at the International Institute for Strategic Studies’ Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia’s major defence summit. US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin and China’s National Defence Minister Li Shangfu will also speak.As well talks with the prime minister, Mr Albanese will meet the other leaders in Vietnam’s system, the Communist Party general secretary, the president and the chairman of the National Assembly.
, then prime minister Scott Morrison made a strong statement in support of Vietnam’s position, calling for self-restraint and an end to “disruptive” activities near oil and gas fields.: “As a matter of principle we are very resolute, determined and persistent in our effort to defend sovereignty and territorial integrity in conformance with international law. It is the highest principle of Vietnam.
He said last year Australia became Vietnam’s seventh-biggest trading partner, while Vietnam was Australia’s 10th-biggest partner. Investment from Australia into Vietnam jumped 157 per cent in the first quarter of this year.Amid Australia’s widespread labour shortages, Mr Nguyen said Hanoi would like greater access to the local job market. Quotas for Vietnamese working holidaymakers under theand the dedicated agriculture visa program were limited to 1500 and 1000 places respectively.
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