NA Standing Vice Chairman Tran Thanh Man (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – National
Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue will lead a Vietnamese NA delegation to
the 42nd
General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-42), which will
be held in Brunei in videoconference format from August 23-25, according to NA
Standing Vice Chairman Tran Thanh Man.
Speaking at a press briefing on August 20, Man said that the AIPA-42 theme of "Forging Parliamentary Cooperation in Digital Inclusion
towards ASEAN Community 2025" shows
the organisation’s determination and consensus on accompanying with ASEAN
in the efforts to control COVID-19, overcoming difficulties for economic
recovery, and reinforcing intra-bloc solidarity.
It also aims to implement the association’s
foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, balance, maintaining its central
role to complete goals set for ASEAN Community building and building the image of a
responsible ASEAN that is willing to coordinate in responding to emerged
issues, said Man.
Man said that during the upcoming AIPA-42, member parliaments
will continue to reaffirm efforts, together with ASEAN member countries, to
enhance the responding capacity of each country and their mutual support in
stamping out COVID-19.
With comprehensive and parallel approach to the pandemic control, ASEAN is strengthening measures within the ASEAN Comprehensive Recovery
Framework, in which reform, renovation, digital transformation and growth model
transformation are considered the leverage for the recovery of the association’s
sustainable growth.
According to head of the NA Committee for External Relations Vu
Hai Ha, the 15-member delegation of Vietnam will engage in major activities of
the AIPA-42, including the opening ceremony, the first and second plenary
sessions, the meeting of the Women Parliamentarians of AIPA (WAIPA),
meetings of AIPA committees, the signing of the joint statement and the closing
ceremony.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc will send a greeting message to the
event, while NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue will deliver a keynote speech at the first
AIPA-42 plenary session.
Ha said that during the AIPA-42, member parliaments will discuss
and adopt a procedure to organise AIPA Young Parliamentarians’
meetings, which is a specific step to realise Vietnam’s initiative at the 41st AIPA General Assembly held in Vietnam in 2020, creating favourable
conditions for young parliamentarians to join AIPA activities.
Meanwhile, NA General Secretary and Chairman of the NA Office
Bui Van Cuong said that the NA Office has coordinated with relevant activities
to ensure security, safety and health for delegates to the AIPA-42 and reporters covering the event./.
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