#Australian Government

The Australian Government is stepping up the fight against illicit tobacco, with the commencement today of new laws that protect Australia’s borders from the importation of smuggled tobacco products.

The Australian Government considers Vietnam one of its key partners in the Asia-Pacific region, Minister of Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop has said.

Twenty Vietnamese female sports journalists working for different media platforms are attending a week-long training on sport journalism in Hanoi from today, funded by the Australian Government. 

The Australian government said on Wednesday it was not ruling out a future underwater search for a missing Malaysia Airlines passenger jet as families of those on board criticized the decision to suspend the hunt after three fruitless years.

On November 22, the Australian Embassy in Vietnam announced that a new group of 53 Australia Awards scholars will leave Vietnam in early 2017 to undertake postgraduate studies in Australia.