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Chief legislator leaves for U.S. tour

VGP – National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung left Ha Noi on August 29 to pay an official visit to the U.S. from September 3-9.

August 31, 2015 9:21 AM GMT+7

NA Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung

Before the visit, he will attend the fourth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament running from August 31-September 2 in New York.

These activities come at the invitation of President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Saber Chaudhury, President pro tempore emeritus of the Senate Patrick Leahy, Speaker of the House of Representatives John Boehner, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Senator John McCain.

During the event, Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung will deliver a speech at a general session, chair a thematic session on sustainable development, and bilaterally meet parliamentary leaders of countries. The speech will also manifest the Vietnamese NA’s role in bilateral and multilateral parliamentary channels with its active and responsible involvement in IPU conferences and forums following Viet Nam’s successful hosting of IPU-132.

Viet Nam and the U.S. established their comprehensive partnership during the U.S. visit by President Truong Tan Sang in July 2013.

Since 2005, the U.S. has become the largest importer of Vietnamese commodities, spending US$36.6 billion in 2014. Two-way trade between the two countries fetched 20% over the past three years with trade surplus in favour of Viet Nam.

The U.S. direct capital inflows into Viet Nam remain modest,touching US$11 billion and ranking seventh.

In 2014, over 16,000 Vietnamese students and trainees sought education in the U.S., becoming the largest student community among Southeast Asian nations and the eighth largest globally.

Educationally, Viet Nam has licensed the building of the US’s Fulbright University. The U.S., annually grants scholarships to Vietnamese students via Fulbright or the Vietnam Education Foundation.

Over 400,000 Americans travelled to Viet Nam in 2014, becoming Viet Nam’s fourth largest tourism market behind China, the Republic of Korea and Japan and contributing US$500 million to the country’s tourism industry revenue.

In 2013, Viet Nam and the U.S. signed a new agreement on health and medical sciences cooperation. Viet Nam already receivedUS$67.9 million in cash and US$25.5 million in kind from the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief initiative.

Ties between the two legislatures have been strengthened through exchanges of visits by leaders and senior officials.

The Vietnamese NA established the Viet Nam – U.S. Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group in 2004 which is currently headed by Chairman of the NA Law Committee Phan Trung Ly for the 2011-2016 tenure.

The U.S.-Viet Nam Congressional Caucus, founded in 2004, was chaired by Congressmen Rob Simmons and Lane Evans for the 2004-2006 tenure, and Earl Blumenauer and Russ Carnahan for the 2006-2007 tenure.

During the visit, the chief legislator is scheduled to engage in bilateral activities with U.S. top law-makers, and meet with President of the World Bank Jim Yong-kim, several U.S.businesses and Vietnamese community in the host country./.

By Kim Anh