Hanoi, Aug. 8 -- At the invitation of Australian Governor-General Sam Mostyn and New Zealand Governor-General Cindy Kiro, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President of Vietnam To Lam, together with a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation, is paying state visits to the two nations from August 9 to 14.

The Australia leg is historic as it is the first-ever state visit by a Vietnamese Party and State leader.

The trip comes as the Vietnam-Australia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership is booming. Leaders expect it will inject new momentum, making ties deeper, more substantive and more effective.

More than five decades of fruitful Vietnam-Australia ties

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