2016—Minister of Industry and Trade, Mr Vu Huy Hoang
2015—Minister of Public Health, Ms Nguyen Thi Kim Tien
2015—Minister of Public Security, Lieutenant General Tran Dai Quang
2015—Prime Minister, Mr Nguyen Tan Dung
2015—Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Mr Nguyen Minh Quang
2014 —Minister of Justice, Mr Ha Hung Cuong
2013—Minister of Industry and Trade, Mr Vu Huy Hoang
2013—Minister of National Defense, General Phung Quang Thanh
2012—Minister of Finance, Mr Vuong Dinh Hue
2012—Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Nguyen Xuan Phuc,
2010—Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, Ms Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan
2010—Minister of Planning and Investment, Mr Vo Hong Phuc
2010—Vice President of Viet Nam's National Assembly, Mr Uong Chu Luu
2009—General Secretary, Mr Nong Duc Manh
Co-operations in Defense, Police and Regional Security
Formal defense relations between Australia and Viet Nam were established in February 1999, with the opening of a Defense Attaché Office at the Australian Embassy in Hanoi. Viet Nam's first Defense Attaché to Australia took up his appointment in Canberra in September 2000.
The bilateral defense relationship includes regular Australian Defense Force ship visits to Vietnamese ports; training of Vietnamese military officers in Australia under the bilateral Defense Cooperation Program; and visits between Australian and Vietnamese Chiefs of Defense Force. Australia and Viet Nam signed a bilateral MOU on Defence Cooperation at the inaugural ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting-Plus held in Ha Noi (2010). During his visit to Viet Nam in August 2012, former Australian Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith and Vietnamese Minister of National Defense, General Phung Quang Thanh, agreed Vietnam and Australia should take further practical steps to enhance the defence relationship and to progress a range of bilateral defence initiatives, including the establishment of an Annual Defence Ministers' Dialogue. The Inaugural Australia-Vietnam Defence Ministers' Meeting was held in Canberra on 19 March 2013.
The Australian Federal Police maintains two Law Enforcement Liaison Offices in Ha Noi and Ho Chi Minh City.
Australia and Viet Nam have also held senior officials-level bilateral dialogues on regional security and other issues since 1998, upgraded in February 2012, when the inaugural Joint Foreign Affairs/Defence (2+2) Australia-Vietnam Strategic Dialogue was held in Canberra at Deputy-Secretary/Vice-Minister level. The second meeting was held in Hanoi in November 2013. Australia and Vietnam also conduct annual Australia-Vietnam Defence Cooperation Senior Officials' talks.