Bilateral links between Australia and Vietnam have developed significantly since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1973. On 7 March 2024, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese officially elevated the relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP), placing Australia in the top tier of Vietnam’s partners, and on 18 October 2024 Deputy Prime Minister Bui Thanh Son and Foreign Minister Penny Wong signed the Plan of Action to implement the CSP.
Our steadily growing ties reflect Australia and Vietnam's mature and diverse bilateral relationship, encompassing wide-ranging cooperation on political issues, trade and investment, education, defence and security, policing, immigration, and combating transnational crime, people smuggling and human trafficking. Building on this, the landmark CSP will support expanded cooperation on climate, environment and energy, and digital transformation and innovation, further reflecting our strategic trust and shared ambition for our relationship.
Australia and Vietnam share a common vision for an inclusive, stable, peaceful, resilient and prosperous Indo-Pacific, and the CSP between our two countries sets out an ambitious plan to further develop every facet of our relationship to achieve this vision.
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