Le Hoang Quan, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, warmly welcomed the Governor-General of Australia, Ms Quentin Bryce and her husband to Ho Chi Minh City on May 12.
Mr. Quan said that HCM City and Australia have increased their cooperation in education, economics and trade. To date, Australian companies have invested more than US$500 million in the city.
RMIT International University of Australia is a good example that has been successfully operating in Vietnam for 10 years, having trained more than 50,000 students.
Ms Bryce said that Australia would further boost cooperation in various fields with Vietnam in 2011.