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VN actively joins multi-lateral parliamentary diplomatic activities

VGP – National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan will attend the 138th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly (IPU-138) and related meetings in Geneva, Switzerland, from March 24-25.

March 23, 2018 11:30 AM GMT+7

National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan attends the 137th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly (IPU-137) - Photo: VNA

The visit is made at the invitation of IPU President Gabriela Cuevas Barron. 

Viet Nam’s NA officially became the official member of the IPU in April 1979. Since then, the nation has played as an active and responsible member of the Union. 

Through the IPU, the bilateral relations between the Vietnamese NA and other nations’ Parliaments were set up and strengthened. 

In October 2007 at the 117th IPU Assembly also in Geneva, Switzerland, for the first time Viet Nam’s NA was elected to the IPU Executive Committee - the forum’s highest agency. 

In 2009, a Viet Nam NA representative was appointed as IPU Vice President. In this role, the country made realistic contributions to activities of the IPU and took advantages of support from international partners for the nation’s renovation and development. 

In April 2015, the country hosted the 132nd IPU Assembly, where the Ha Noi Declaration was adopted, contributing to devising the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development. 

In October 2016, at the 135th IPU Assembly in Switzerland, Chairman of the NA’s Committee for External Affairs Nguyen Van Giau was elected to the IPU Executive Committee for the 2016-2019 period. 

The NA successfully organized the IPU regional seminar for the Asia-Pacific on responding to climate change and actions of parliaments to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Ho Chi Minh City on May 11, 2017. 

Participation in IPU’s activities is a prioritized task in the NA’s diplomatic activities to promote and protect benefits of Viet Nam, manifest the nation’s viewpoint on global concerns as well as introduce the nation to the international community and upgrade the status of the Vietnamese NA in particular and the nation in general. 

Viet Nam’s presence at the IPU-138 aims to assert commitments to actively joining in multi-lateral parliamentary diplomatic activities and uphold the role and status of the Vietnamese NA at the IPU, contributing to enhance the State’s joint diplomatic efforts for national benefits in line with the regional benefits. 

By Hoang Ha