At the invitation of the President and Secretary General of the Inter- Parliamentary Union (IPU), President of the Senate of the Uzbekistani Parliament Tanzila Narbaeva and President of the Armenian Parliament Alen Simonyan, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man and his wife attended the 150th General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU-150) and paid an official visit to Armenia and Uzbekistan from April 2-8.
The delegation included: Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Quang Phuong; Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha; Secretary General and Head of the National Assembly Office Le Quang Tung; Chairman of the National Defense, Security and Foreign Affairs Committee Le Tan Toi; Chairman of the Culture and Social Affairs Committee Nguyen Dac Vinh; Chairman of the People's Aspirations and Supervision Committee Duong Thanh Binh; Deputy Secretary of the National Assembly Party Committee Vu Hai Ha; Permanent Deputy Head of the Economic and Financial Committee Le Quang Manh; Deputy Minister of National Defense Vo Minh Luong; Deputy Minister of Public Security Tran Quoc To.
Vietnamese Ambassador to the Russian Federation, concurrently to Armenia and Uzbekistan Dang Minh Khoi; Deputy Foreign Minister Le Thi Thu Hang; leaders of National Assembly committees, leaders of ministries, sectors and localities joined the delegation.
This is the first working trip and multilateral foreign activity of the National Assembly Chairman this year.
With the theme “Parliamentary Action for Development and Social Justice”, the 150th IPU Assembly has chosen a very appropriate and timely theme in the context of the world facing many challenges. Countries need to coordinate actions and promote multilateral cooperation to overcome global challenges together.
At the IPU-150 forum, the Vietnamese National Assembly will exchange and share development experiences with parliaments of other countries and promote bilateral and multilateral cooperation.
It is expected that National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man will deliver an important speech at the general discussion session and have bilateral meetings with leaders of the IPU Secretariat, leaders of parliaments of other countries and international organizations.
During his visit to Armenia and Uzbekistan, the National Assembly Chairman and leaders of the two countries will discuss measures to promote economic, trade and investment cooperation. It is expected that the National Assembly Chairman will meet with major enterprises of the two countries, creating opportunities for connection, introducing markets and investment potential, thereby expanding cooperation in areas such as processing industry, textiles, energy, transportation, science and technology, etc.
The visit is also an opportunity for Vietnam and other countries to strengthen cooperation in culture, sports, education - training, tourism and people-to-people exchange.
Armenia and Uzbekistan are both traditional friends of Vietnam. Despite the geographical distance, the Vietnamese people and the people of the two countries always have close and intimate feelings for each other.
Vietnam's bilateral trade turnover with Armenia in 2024 will reach nearly 500 million USD, an increase of more than 40% compared to 2023; with Uzbekistan it will reach 202 million USD, an increase of 26.5% compared to 2023.
To promote trade, investment, tourism and people-to-people exchanges, the two countries need to strengthen transport connectivity, including rail, road, sea and air.
Vietnam’s export products to Armenia and Uzbekistan basically do not compete directly with each other. Therefore, Vietnam can export many strong products such as agricultural products, seafood, textiles, footwear, electronics, etc. to Armenia and Uzbekistan, through Armenia and Uzbekistan to other countries via the East-West and North-South transport corridors.
The two sides also have strengths to enhance cooperation in education - training, science - technology and other prospective fields such as digital technology, clean energy, new materials...
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