Tan Tao Group joins Vietnamese Prime Minister‘s activities in Australia

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has paid an official visit to Australia from October 13 to 14 at the invitation of Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.

The visit aims to strengthen and develop the two countries' friendship and multi-faceted cooperation, lifting the relationship between the two nations to new heights.

As a leading industrial developer in Vietnam, during this accompanying visit, the Tan Tao Group wants to find large investors capable of maintaining stable sources of coal supply for the building of the Kien Luong thermal power plant, the largest one in Vietnam.

Chairwoman of the Tan Tao Group Dang Thi Hoang Yen and Vice-president of the Group Dang Quang Hanh took part in the State-level welcoming ceremony in front of the Australian Parliament House, witnessed the signing of cooperation agreements between two countries, and attended the press conference of the two government leaders

In addition, the Group met with representative of the Ministry for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs to find partners and large investors capable of supplying coals for the Kien Luong Thermo Power Plant.

On October 14, the Group‘s leaders had a meeting with the Australian Minister of Environment to seek investors for the Kien Luong Thermo Power Plant project.

The Group‘s leaders also accompanied the Governmental delegation to meet with the Australian National University and staff from the Vietnamese Embassy, overseas Vietnamese and Vietnamese students in Australia.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung offers a gift to the Australian National University

Australia is Vietnam's 16th largest investor and two-way trade grew by about 20 per cent a year over the past five years to 6.9 billion Australian dollars (4.5 billion US) in 2007-08, according to the Australian government.

Australia's largest foreign aid infrastructure project was the My Thuan Bridge in Vietnam's southern Mekong delta and assistance in 2008-09 was set to reach more than 100 million Australian dollars, Australian officials say.

About 13,000 Vietnamese are enrolled in Australian educational institutions, more than in any other English-speaking country.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung meets with oversea Vietnamese in Australia

Chairwoman of the Tan Tao Group (middle) and Vice-president of the Group takes a photograph in front of the Australian Parliament House.

Viet Thang (Translated by)