The 42nd General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-42), themed "Forging Parliamentary Cooperation in Digital Inclusion towards ASEAN Community 2025”, concluded on August 25 after three working days via videoconference.
Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue attends the closing ceremony (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) –The 42nd General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-42), themed "Forging Parliamentary Cooperation in Digital Inclusion towards ASEAN Community 2025”, concludedon August 25 after three working days via videoconference.
The Vietnamese National Assembly(NA) delegation, led by Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue, attended the closingceremony.
Concluding the event,head of the parliaments of 10 Southeast Asian countries signed a joint communique of the 42nd AIPA General Assembly.
They also adopted aresolution admitting the parliaments of Ukraine and Pakistan as the new observers.
Following the closingceremony, Brunei handed over the role of AIPA 2022 Chair to the Cambodian NationalAssembly.
President of the National Assembly of Cambodia Heng Samrin speaks at the event (Photo: VNA)
President of the NationalAssembly of Cambodia Heng Samrin underlinedthat ASEAN is being hard hit by COVID-19, forcing the association to promote digitalisationto ensure economic recovery and further strengthen regional cooperation in thenew situation.
He said that Cambodia will host meetings withinthe the 43rd AIPA General Assembly from September 12-16, 2022./.
The Committee on Economic Matters of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) convened a meeting on August 24 to discuss draft resolutions to be submitted to the second plenum of the virtual 42nd AIPA General Assembly.
Proposals for the establishment of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA)’s dialogue with ASEAN and European Parliament (EP) will be put forward to the AIPA’s 42nd General Assembly (AIPA-42) in the second plenary session, heard a meeting on August 25.
Chairman of the Lao National Assembly (NA) Saysomphone Phomvihane has highly valued contributions as well as constructive initiatives and proposals of the Vietnamese NA at the 42nd ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) General Assembly held from August 23-25 via videoconference.
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The Ministry of Commerce reported that imports also rose 18% to 29.9 billion USD during the same period, resulting in a trade surplus of 1.1 billion USD. In May alone, Thailand posted a 4.6 billion USD trade surplus with the US and a 4.1 billion USD trade deficit with China.
The World Bank will provide a 2.1 billion USD financing package for Indonesia, focusing oncreating jobs, stimulating economic growth, and enhancing access to clean energy across the country.
Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue attends the closing ceremony (Photo: VNA) 
President of the National Assembly of Cambodia Heng Samrin speaks at the event (Photo: VNA) 
