(VOV) - Vietnam and Australia held a high-level consultation in Hanoi on Friday examining Vietnam’s socio-economic development, its opportunities, challenges and development priorities by 2015.

Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Cao Viet Sinh

Delegates discussed Vietnam’s future challenges and priorities to political, socio-economic development, time frames, and obstacles to its ongoing economic restructuring, primarily for public investment and State-owned enterprises. They reviewed two years of implementing the 2010-2015 Australia-Vietnam Joint Aid Programme Strategy, and Australia’s new aid policy, as well as progress in the Busan Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation Agreement.