Vice President of the National Assembly, Senior Lieutenant General Tran Quang Phuong met with Vice President of the Swedish Parliament Julia Krondid

On the afternoon of April 6 (local time), within the framework of attending the 150th General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU-150), in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly, Senior Lieutenant General Tran Quang Phuong met with Vice Chairman of the Swedish Parliament Julia Krondid.

At the meeting, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Quang Phuong affirmed that Vietnam always attaches importance to developing traditional friendship and multi-faceted cooperation with Sweden, which is Vietnam's leading important partner in Northern Europe.

Vice Chairman of the National Assembly , Senior Lieutenant General Tran Quang Phuong speaks at the meeting.

The Vice Chairman of the National Assembly stated that Vietnam always remembers and is grateful for Sweden's effective support and assistance to Vietnam in the past struggle for national independence and reunification as well as in the current development and international integration, especially with highly symbolic projects such as the Bai Bang Paper Mill, tree planting, afforestation and poverty reduction for many northern provinces of Vietnam.

Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Quang Phuong informed about Vietnam's socio -economic and foreign affairs achievements, affirming that Vietnam is ready to act as a bridge for Sweden's relations with ASEAN countries.

Vice Chairman of the National Assembly, Senior Lieutenant General Tran Quang Phuong speaks at the meeting.

The Vice President of the Swedish Parliament affirmed that Vietnam is a long-standing important friend of Sweden, and is pleased with the development of bilateral relations in all fields; expressed admiration for the rapid transformation and strong socio-economic development of Vietnam, and affirmed that Sweden also needs to learn from Vietnam's experience in a number of fields, as well as being ready to promote cooperation with Vietnam in education - training, science - technology, trade - investment.

Vice President of the Swedish Parliament Julia Krondid speaks at the meeting.

The two sides highly appreciated the positive developments in the traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation between the two countries over the past 55 years, and agreed to implement measures to strengthen the relationship, including the Strategic Partnership in the fields of scientific research, technology and capacity building. The Vice President of the Swedish Parliament agreed to highly appreciate the role, contributions and readiness to support the Vietnamese community working and living in Sweden.

Vice President of the Swedish Parliament Julia Krondid and delegates from the Swedish delegation attended the meeting.

Regarding parliamentary cooperation, the leaders of the two countries' National Assembly agreed to increase delegation exchanges and contacts between specialized committees, groups of female parliamentarians and young parliamentarians of the two legislative bodies, actively exchange information, share management experience, build laws and policies in the fields of digital transformation, and educational cooperation.

Vice President of the National Assembly, Senior Lieutenant General Tran Quang Phuong presented a souvenir to Vice President of the Swedish Parliament Julia Krondid.

Vietnamese delegates attending the meeting

Vice President of the National Assembly, Senior Lieutenant General Tran Quang Phuong; Vice President of the Swedish Parliament Julia Krondid and delegates from the two countries attending the meeting took a souvenir photo.

Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Quang Phuong expressed his hope that the Swedish Parliament will soon establish a Friendship Parliamentarians' Group with Vietnam.

The two sides also agreed to continue to strengthen consultation, close coordination and mutual support at international organizations and forums, including inter-parliamentary forums.

News and photos: Lam Giang (from Tashkent, Uzbekistan)

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