VNA 25/01/2010 - State President Nguyen Minh Triet on January 25 sent a message of congratulations to Governor-General of Australia Quentin Bryce on the occasion of Australia ’s 222nd Independence Day (January 26).
On the same day, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung sent message of congratulations to his counterpart Kevin Rudd./.

VNPlus 11/02/2010 - The Vietnamese community in Australia, including students, made critical contributions to the bilateral relations between the two countries, not only in the cultural area but also in economic and political fields, said Australian Governor General Quentin Alice Louise Bryce.

VNA 13/01/2010 - Australia and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have decided to grant 1.3 million USD to help Vietnam cope with potentially devastating impacts of climate change in Mekong Delta.
Technical assistance grants will be used to carry out a full assessment of the climate change threats posed to the Mekong Delta region, and the actions needed for it to adapt in the face of an expected sea-level increase and more frequent and severe floods, according to an ADB news release issued on Jan. 13. 

VNA - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung met Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on the sidelines of the UN climate summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Dec. 17. 

VNA 09/12/2009 - Vietnamese diplomats and members of the military and their Australian counterparts in Canberra reviewed the progress made in bilateral relations at a meeting held in Canberra on December 9 to mark the 65th anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army (December 22). 

New South Wales (NSW) attaches great importance to strengthening all-round cooperation with Vietnam, said NSW Governor Marie Bashir. 

VNA 09/09/2009 - Vietnam and Australia have released a joint statement as Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh concluded an official visit from September 6-9 at the invitation of Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
During the visit, the Vietnamese Party leader held talks with PM Kevin Rudd and other Cabinet ministers.  

VNA 07/09/2009 - Vietnam and Australia have agreed to elevate bilateral relations to the level of a comprehensive partnership. 

VNA 08/09/2009 - The Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court of Vietnam, Truong Hoa Binh, and his counterpart from the Federal Court of Australia, Michel Black, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on an increased level of judicial cooperation between the two countries. 

VGP – The PM just said okay to the Australia-ASEAN-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (AANZFTA).