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Visit to Vietnam, July 2008

Visit to KOTO

Founded by Australian Jimmy Pham in 1996, KOTO ('Know One, Teach One') is a not-for-profit vocational training program well-known to locals and visitors to Hanoi. From its beginnings as a small sandwich shop to its current state as a 120-seat restaurant and bar, KOTO has provided hospitality, English-language and life-skills training to several hundred street-children and youths from disadvantaged backgrounds.

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• Minister for Foreign Affairs Stephen Smith preparing a fresh spring roll
• Minister for Foreign Affairs Stephen Smith talking to students.
• Minister for Foreign Affairs Stephen Smith tasting a fresh spring roll with Jimmy Pham, founder of KOTO.

© Photographer: Dinh Chinh

Visit to Pho24

Dr Ly Quy Trung, CEO of Pho24, completed a Bachelor (University of Western Sydney) and Masters (Griffith University) in hospitality management before returning to Vietnam to establish his Pho24 business in 2003. Dr Trung is proud of his Australian education links and was Chairman of the Vietnamese Graduates from Australia Club 2003-2006.

• Minister for Foreign Affairs Stephen Smith having Pho soup with Ly Quy Trung, CEO of Pho24.

© Photographer: Dinh Chinh

Visit to Van Mieu

As a core component of the Thang Long (Hanoi) Cultural Heritage Complex, Van Mieu is recognised by UNESCO as a site of ‘outstanding universal value’. Today, the complex is a popular attraction for historians, tourists and students looking for luck for upcoming examinations.

• Minister for Foreign Affairs Stephen Smith meets an Australian citizen.
• Minister for Foreign Affairs Stephen Smith at the Temple of Literature, an historical icon of Hanoi. Built in 1073 as a Confucian temple, Van Mieu was the site of Vietnam’s first university (1076-1779) and the training ground for many of Vietnam’s educational and royal elite.

© Photographer: Dinh Chinh