Enhancing leadership skills: Australia and Vietnam’s comprehensive strategic partnership in action

Participants of the Strategic Public Sector Leadership Workshop in HCMA

The primary objective of the workshop is to foster and enhance modern leadership and management skills among leaders, managers, and potential candidates. The program also aims to equip participants with international integration skills, develop strategic vision and thinking, enhance institutional quality and efficiency, and incorporate Australian leadership experience.

Participants of the Strategic Public Sector Leadership Workshop in Hoa Binh

 “Vietnam is facing significant opportunities and challenges in the context of deep international integration. Our young potential leaders, who will shoulder the responsibility of building a strong Vietnam and lifting our nation forward, have benefited greatly through this contemporary leadership training program. The Strategic Public Sector Leadership workshops were valuable opportunities to learn from Australian expertise and shared valuable insights from Vietnam’s own experience.” – said Dr Dao Thi Nguyet Hang, Deputy Director-General of International Cooperation Department, HCMA.

Dr Dao Thi Nguyet Hang, Deputy Director-General of International Cooperation Department, HCMA speaks at the event

Mr Bui Duc Dung, Deputy Head, Department of Training and Scientific Research Management, Hoa Binh Political School, said “Through the workshop, I gained practical knowledge that I can utilise in my management tasks and in enhancing the activities of my department. As a lecturer, I can also share leadership knowledge by incorporating it in my lessons.”

Participants discussed with Australian and Vietnamese experts at workshops

Ms Naomi Cook, Development Counsellor at the Australian Embassy in Vietnam said, “I am pleased that the majority of participants are female and in Hoa Binh nearly half are from ethnic groups. Australia and Vietnam have a shared goal of promoting gender equality and social inclusion. This workshop and others like it are helping us to achieve this goal, by increasing representation of women and ethnic diversity in leadership positions.”

Ms Naomi Cook, Development Counsellor at the Australian Embassy in Vietnam, delivers opening remarks at the Strategic Public Sector Leadership Workshop in Hoa Binh

Australia and Vietnam are trusted partners, and the Vietnam Australia Centre is a centrepiece of this partnership.  The Vietnam Australia Centre focuses on strategic leadership, research and knowledge exchange, drawing on Australia’s comparative advantage in sectors relevant to Vietnams future socio-economic growth and development./.