NA well performs parliamentary diplomacy: NA Vice Chairwoman
The National Assembly has well performed parliamentary diplomacy, thus contributing to consolidating and developing Vietnam’s relations with its traditional friends, neighbours, and strategic and comprehensive partners such as Laos, Cuba, Cambodia, China, Russia, the US, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea and other Southeast Asian nations.
Standing NA Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The National Assembly has well performed parliamentarydiplomacy, thus contributing to consolidating and developing Vietnam’srelations with its traditional friends, neighbours, and strategic andcomprehensive partners such as Laos, Cuba, Cambodia, China, Russia, the US,India, Japan, the Republic of Korea and other Southeast Asian nations.
The assessment was made by Standing NA Vice Chairwoman TongThi Phong at a sum-up conference of the NA Committee for External Relations inthe 2016-2021 tenure on March 25 within the framework of the 14th NA’s 11th session.
Phong said that in the context of difficulties caused by theCOVID-19 pandemic, the legislature’s external affairs have been carried out inline with the Party’s guiding viewpoint on foreign policy.
With its coordinating role, the NA Committee for ExternalRelations has promoted activities of the Friendship Parliamentarians’Organisation and the Young National Assembly Deputies’ Group, and closelycoordinated with the Group of Vietnamese Women Parliamentarians in diverseforms and with rich contents.
The committee also recommended the NA to propose theintroduction of a Female Parliamentarians’ Conference into the framework of theAsia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF), and a Youth Parliamentarians’Conference in the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) General Assemblyframework annually.
The legislature’s external affairs have become an importantpart of the Party and State’s external relations, she affirmed.
Speaking at the conference, head of the NA Committee forExternal Relations Nguyen Van Giau reported that over the past years, thecommittee had chaired the assessment of a draft law revising and supplementingseveral articles to the Law on Overseas Representative Missions of theSocialist Republic of Vietnam, and the Law on International Agreements, beforethem were submitted to the NA for approval.
It has also made evaluation of nine important internationaltreaties before submitting them to the NA for ratification, including theComprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP),the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement, the ILO Convention 98 on the Right toOrganise and Collective Bargaining and the ILO Convention 105 on Abolition ofForced Labour, and four international treaties on border demarcation betweenVietnam and Laos, and between Vietnam and Cambodia./.
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A Vietnamese delegation, headed by Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee for External Relations Nguyen Van Giau, is attending a virtual meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)'s Governing Council from November 1-4.
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Ha expressed his hope that cooperation in science and technology, agriculture, and natural resources would emerge as new focal points and engines of growth in Vietnam–China relations.
Giang said he believes that building on the solid foundation nurtured over the past half-century and the strong determination of both nations, the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership will continue to grow in a more robust, comprehensive, and extensive manner, thus bringing more practical benefits to the two nations' people.
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The Vietnamese representative also emphasised the shared responsibility of relevant parties to build trust, enhance cooperation, and jointly manage the risks of conflict, thus safeguarding long-term peace and stability in the East Sea.
The National Assembly on June 18 passed the law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Product and Goods Quality, with 408 out of 420 participating deputies voting in favour, accounting for 85.36% of the total.
The Party leader asked the new HCM City to embrace a multi-centre and integrated urban ecosystem where each development pole functions as a link complementary to and intelligently connected with each other in a harmonious whole.
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The Vietnamese Embassy in Israel has advised Vietnamese people living there to proactively prepare and seek ways to leave the country via land border crossings, especially toward Jordan or Egypt, when security and safety conditions allow.
Standing NA Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong (Photo: VNA) 
