Australia and Vietnam both want an Indo-Pacific that is peaceful, stable, and prosperous.”Mr Lâm, who is also the General Secretary of the Vietnamese Communist Party’s central committee, has welcomed Australia's role in promoting peace and stability across the region.He's speaking here through a translator.“I appreciate the policies and initiatives of Australia in bolstering unity with Southeast Asia All of those avenues are closed to you if you are in Vietnam.”He says members of the diaspora have also been targeted overseas, and he’s calling on the Australian government to raise these human rights issues with Mr Lâm.“The trade agreements that Australia has with Vietnam, give it an opportunity to raise these issues and demand that Vietnam change its labour laws and stop using its overbroad and abusive penal code provisions