Canberra (VNA) - Vietnam's Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung and his Australian counterpart Penny Wong co-chaired the 8th Vietnam–Australia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (FMM-8) in Canberra on August 12. The two sides held extensive discussions on bilateral ties and regional and international issues of shared concern. On the occasion, the Vietnamese FM held a working session with the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to exchange experience in applying artificial intelligence (AI) to diplomatic work. He expressed his hope that Australia will continue to share experience and support Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in strengthening personnel capacity, towards building a professional, comprehensive and modern diplomatic service. At the working session, the Australian department announced its provision of three PhD scholarships in AI for Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.