National Assembly Chairman leaves for IPU-150 General Assembly
The participation of National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man in the IPU-150 General Assembly is a vivid demonstration that Vietnam strongly supports multilateralism.
On the afternoon of 1.4, Member of the Politburo, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man on behalf of the Party's leaders, the Vietnamese State and Lady Nguyen Thi Thanh Nga and the High-Level National Assembly delegation of Vietnam left Hanoi, on the road to attend the 150th Council of the World Parliament League (IPU-150), official visit to the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Republic of Armenia at the invitation of the President of the World Union (IPU). Martin Chungong World Institute, President of the Senate of the National Assembly of Uzbekistan Tanzila Narbila Narbaeva, Chairman of the National Assembly Armenia Alen Simonyan.
According to the Vietnam News Agency, the delegation officially accompanied the National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man and his wife: Vice Chairman of National Assembly Tran Quang Phuong; Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha; General Secretary of the National Assembly, Chairman of the Office of the National Assembly Le Quang Tung; Chairman of the Committee for Defense, Security and Foreign Affairs Le Tan; Chairman of the Social Culture and Social Committee Nguyen Dac Vinh; Chairman of the People's Committee and Supervisor Duong Thanh Binh; Deputy Secretary of the National Assembly Party Committee Vu Hai Ha; Permanent Vice Chairman of the Economic and Finance Committee Le Quang Manh; Deputy Minister of Defense Vo Minh Luong; Deputy Minister of Public Security Tran Quoc expressed; Vietnamese Ambassador to the Russian Federation, concurrently Armenia and Uzbekistan Dang Minh Khoi; Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang.
Also participating in the delegation were leaders of National Assembly committees, leaders of ministries, branches and localities.
The participation of the head of the Vietnamese National Assembly at the IPU-150 General Assembly this time is a vivid demonstration that Vietnam strongly supports multilateralism, values the role of IPU, and continues to affirm that the Vietnamese National Assembly is an active, active, and responsible member of IPU.
The working trip is the first multilateral foreign affairs activity of the National Assembly Chairman in 2025, aiming to continue implementing Vietnam's consistent foreign policy on independence, self-reliance, multilateralization, and diversification of foreign relations for peace, friendship, cooperation, development, proactiveness and active integration into a comprehensive, extensive, friendly, trusted partner and responsible member of the international community.
On the bilateral level, the official visit to the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Uzbekistan of the Chairman of the National Assembly is the first visit of the head of the Vietnamese legislative agency to the two countries, also the highest visit of Vietnamese leaders to the two countries since establishing diplomatic relations in 1992.
The visit therefore has profound political significance, demonstrating Vietnam's respect for the traditional friendship with Uzbekistan and Armenia and its desire to work with the two countries to strengthen political trust, create a foundation to promote cooperation in many fields, and bring relations with each country to new heights.
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