The service sectors are also of significance in terms of women’s employment and entrepreneurship, providing opportunities for women’s economic empowerment and enhanced economic development.
Australia and Vietnam will support initiatives to raise awareness of the opportunities and complementarities between Vietnam and Australia’s services economies, recognising that strategic partnerships between industry and government are key to delivering greater success for the services sector.
The key initiatives outlined below focus on cooperation in Health and Transport and Logistics services sub-sectors. Additional cooperation focused on increasing trade in other services sectors, including in Tourism; Education, Skills and Training; Professional and Financial Services; Digital Economy; Water and Waste Management; Telecommunications and Information Technology (including Cyber); and METS is outlined in other areas of this Implementation Plan.
Raise awareness of the opportunities and complementarities between Australia and Vietnam’s health and transport and logistics services sectors
Key initiatives- Increase links between Australian and Vietnamese scientists, health professionals, and research institutions through Australian-funded health fellowships and linking scientific research efforts.
- Australia to develop a partnership between CSIRO, Australian not-for-profit organisations, and the Vietnamese Government to increase Vietnam and Australia’s capacities to engage in the emerging area of telehealth and artificial intelligence for health service provision and increase investment in Australian technologies.
- Australia to support specialised healthcare export and cross-border commercialisation training for Australian and Vietnamese early-stage companies, to deepen innovation partnerships, providing significant impact and increased resilience via future growth industries of both countries.
- Through a further phase of the Aus4Skills program, implement education quality frameworks and promote inclusive skills development and employment in Vietnam’s logistics and allied sectors through targeted TVET centres and enterprises.
- Continue support to Vietnam to develop high quality transport infrastructure project proposals and concepts including to facilitate better public-private-partnerships, through the Australian-funded Aus4Transport Investment.
- Australia to encourage Australian businesses to invest and cooperate in the field of logistics services in Vietnam.
- Through CSIRO, multilateral and local partners, tackle institutional complexities and capability gaps to increase digital collaboration and transform connectivity in the transport, logistics and agriculture sectors in Vietnam.