Vietnamese NA strengthens cooperation with German KAS foundation
National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairman Nguyen Duc Hai had a meeting with visiting Deputy Secretary General of Germany’s political foundation Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) Gerhard Wahlers in Hanoi on October 10.
National Assembly Vice Chairman Nguyen Duc Hai (R) and Deputy Secretary General of Germany’s political foundation Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Gerhard Wahlers. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – National Assembly (NA) ViceChairman Nguyen Duc Hai had a meeting with visiting Deputy Secretary General ofGermany’s political foundation Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) Gerhard Wahlers in Hanoi on October10.
Congratulating the foundation on its 30-year presence inVietnam, Hai said he hopes Vietnamese NA’s agencies willcontinue to strengthen cooperation with KAS in many areas such as budget andtax management, e-invoice issuance, e-commerce, anti-transfer pricing, commercialfraud combating, digital transformation, and regional and national planning.
Hailing the fruitful cooperation and support from Germanyand some German research institutes, including KAS, to the NA and its agencies, he asked KASto continue to increase collaboration with the Vietnamese side, helping enhance theoperational capacity of the People’s Councils at all levels, and sharingexperience in legislative activities, budget management, and the application ofthe global minimum tax.
The official suggested that KAS and the NA Finance-BudgetCommittee and Economic Committee consider the signing of a cooperationagreement. He also proposed that the German foundation expand partnership withthe NA Committee for Science, Technology and Environment.
For his part, Wahlers said that KAS has conducted manyeffective cooperation activities with Vietnamese NA agencies, including the Finance-BudgetCommittee, Economic Committee and Committee for External Relations.
He said that NA Vice Chairman Hai’s suggestions focus on areas inwhich KAS has rich experience and a large database thanks to its network of 100representative offices around the world.
KAS is keen on working closely with agencies of theVietnamese legislature to build a more effective cooperation plan in the future, heaffirmed./.
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National Assembly Vice Chairman Nguyen Duc Hai (R) and Deputy Secretary General of Germany’s political foundation Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Gerhard Wahlers. (Photo: VNA) 
