Interview with Robyn Mudie, First Assistant Secretary, Southeast Asia Mainland and Regional Division, DFAT

Robyn Mudie, First Assistant Secretary, Southeast Asia Mainland and Regional Division, DFAT, former Ambassador to Vietnam joined us for an interview at the Business Champion Adelaide Roundtable in September 2022 to discuss the need for Australia and Vietnam to expand their trade and investment relationship.

Robyn discusses how the Australia-Vietnam ties have been flourishing through cooperation in a variety of fields, from economic relationship to education, and so on. She also expresses optimism over the future partnership opportunities between Australia and Vietnam, stating that it is essential to keep the relationship stay ahead of the curve.

This interview forms part of the AVPI’s ‘Approaching 50 years of diplomatic relations’ series. Across 2022 we sat down with several key stakeholders at our events to discuss the upcoming milestone between Australia and Vietnam, their reflections on the relationship and what they hope we can achieve together in the future.