Federal Executive Council; Duke of Edinburgh Awards; Cure Cancer Australia Foundation; Indigenous Film Festival; Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology International University; Queensland University of Technology School of Nursing and Midwifery Project; Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee; Australia-Vietnam Gala Concert

On Thursday 12 May 2011, at Government House, Canberra, the Administrator of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO presided at a meeting of the Federal Executive Council.

2011 Sydney Film Festival; 2011 National Volunteers Week; Tiko Community Centre; Bruce Storey Memorial Library Opening; Baird Institute 10th Anniversary; Australian Indigenous Education Foundation; Danang People's Committee; Royal Life Saving Society; Fred Hollows Preventable Blindness Program; Hue People's Committee

On Wednesday 11 May 2011, at Customs House, Sydney, the Administrator of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO attended the launch of the 2011 Sydney Film Festival.

Aboriginal Child Health Symposium; Book Life: The Life and Times of David Scott Mitchell; War Memorial, Hanoi; Mausoleum of President Ho Chi Minh; Asia Injury Prevention Foundation; World Conference on Drowning Prevention; University of Queensland English Language Institute

On Tuesday 10 May 2011, at Mount Annan Botanic Gardens, Campbelltown, the Administrator of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO attended the Aboriginal Child Health Symposium and opened the Gudaga Showcase.

Official welcome ceremony and meeting with President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; Women's Union and UNAIDS meeting on HIV/AIDS; meeting with the Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; meeting with the General Secretary of the Communist Party and Chairman of the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; State Dinner

Departure for State Visit to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; Original Office of the Australian Embassy plaque unveiling; Reception with Australian and Vietnamese Business Representatives and Australian Volunteers and Scholarship Recipients

On Sunday 8 May 2011, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE departed Australia on a State Visit to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

On Saturday 7 May 2011, at TIO Stadium, Darwin, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE, as guests of the Chief Minister of the Northern Territory, the Honourable Paul Henderson MLA, attended the official reception and opening ceremony of the 2011 Arafura Games, at which the Governor-General officially opened the Arafura Games.

On Friday 6 May 2011, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE, hosted a morning tea at which the Governor-General presented the 2011 Charles Hawker scholarships.

In the afternoon, the Governor-General received the Deputy Secretary and Ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ms Gillian Bird.

Earlier, at Telstra Tower, Canberra, Mr Bryce, as Ambassador, officially launched the CAPITheticAL competition.

On Thursday 5 May 2011, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC hosted a morning tea in recognition of International Midwives Day.

Afterwards, the Governor-General hosted a lunch for the Australian Bravery Decorations Council. Guests included: Major General Peter Arnison AC CVO (Retd); Mr David Blenheim; Commissioner Mark Crosweller AFSM; Mr William Denny AM; Dr Penelope Flett; Ms Alison Fraser; Mr Robert Kennedy; Ms Christine Nixon APM; Ms Sue Renkin; Mr Gavin Rossetti; Mr Peter Rush; Mr Peter Sharp; Mr John Trevillian AM; and Mr Patrick Vidgen.

On Wednesday 4 May 2011, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC received the High Commissioner-designate to the Solomon Islands, Mr Matthew Anderson PSM.

Earlier, at Brisbane International Airport, the Governor-General was represented at the departure from Australia of the Governor-General of the Solomon Islands, His Excellency Sir Frank Ofagioro Kabui CSI GCMG OBE, by Colonel Denis Scanlan CSM RFD ADC, an Honorary Aide-de-Camp.

On Tuesday 3 May 2011, at Brisbane International Airport, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC was represented at the arrival in Australia of the Governor-General of the Solomon Islands, His Excellency Sir Frank Ofagioro Kabui CSI CGMG OBE, by Commander Lachlan King ADC RAN, an Honorary Aide-de-Camp.