Sydney, Sept. 15 -- A ceremony celebrating the 80th National Day of Vietnam was held recently by the Vietnamese Consulate General in Perth, where the growing partnership between the Southeast Asian country and Western Australia was also highlighted. The event at Duxton Hotel gathered nearly 250 guests, including Western Australian Premier Roger Cook, leader of the Opposition Basil Zempilas, Nobel Laureate Professor Barry Marshall, representatives of Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, foreign consuls, members of the local government, businesses and academia, and the Vietnamese community. In her remarks, Consul General Nguyen Thanh Ha underlined the historic significance of the National Day (September 2) and reviewed Vietn...