On Monday 13 October 2008, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC r...

On Monday 13 October 2008, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC received the Australian High Commissioner-designate to Canada, Mr Justin Brown and Mrs Caroline Brown.

In the afternoon, the Governor-General received the Chief of Defence Force, Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston AC AFC. Afterwards, the Governor-General and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE received the Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Mr Nguyen Tan Dung and Madam Tran Thanh Kiem. In the evening, at Bridges House, Duntroon, the Governor-General and Mr Bryce, as guests of honour, attended a dinner hosted by the Chief of Defence Force, Air Chief Marshal Houston and Mrs Liz Houston. Earlier, at Brisbane International Airport, the Governor-General was represented at the departure from Australia of the President of the Republic of Nauru, His Excellency the Honourable Marcus Stephen, by Colonel Dennis Scanlan CSM RFD ADC, an Honorary Aide-de-Camp.