
Hanoi (VNA) ꦛ– Assuming the AIPA Chair 2020 amidst complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) has carried out a lot of activities within the framework of the 41st General Assembly of ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-41) in an appropriate manner to increase the role of AIPA in joining hands with countries’ Governments in protecting the ASEAN common house.
The information was said at an online seminar named “Vietnam’s National Assembly with AIPA Chairmanship Year” held by the Newspaper of People's Deputies in Hanoi on August 28. The event was an opening activity of a communications campaign on the AIPA Chairmanship Year 2020 and the AIPA-41.25-year journey joining AIPO/AIPA
The year 2020 also marks 25 years of the Vietnamese National Assembly's accession to ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Organisation (AIPO)/AIPA. Over the past years, the legislature has made important contributions to AIPA’s development, applauded by numerous ASEAN countries and their parliaments.Vietnam proposes two main initiatives
Due to impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the AIPA-41 will be held online from September 8-10. Nguyen Van Giau said that with the theme of “Parliamentary diplomacy for a cohesive and responsive ASEAN Community,” the legislative body plans to propose two main initiatives: one on setting up a young parliamentarians’ conference to raise the role of young parliamentarians in particular and the youth in general, and another with the aim of connecting activities of AIPA and the International Parliamentary Union (IPU) in line with the implementation of the Agenda 2030 on Sustainable Development. The Vietnamese NA discussed these matters with member parliaments, and they agreed that each AIPA committee will issue a resolution, and proposals sent by countries will be mainstreamed in a general draft resolution submitted to the General Assembly. At present, member parliaments agree with topics discussed at committees. Specifically, the topic of the Women Parliamentarians’ Conference will be the role of female parliamentarians in ensuring jobs and incomes for female labourers. The AIPA Committee on Political Matters will discuss “Parliamentary diplomacy for peace and sustainable security in ASEAN”, while “The Role of Parliaments in Promoting ASEAN Cohesiveness and Economic Recovery post-COVID 19” will be debated at the AIPA Committee on Economic Matters. Meanwhile, the AIPA Committee on Social Matters will discuss how to intensify the role of AIPA in building an ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community responsive to the COVID-19 pandemic”.
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