Kien Giang welcomes start of AIPA Caucus 14
VOV.VN - The 14th meeting of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA Caucus 14) opened with the theme of “Promoting innovation, transfer, application, and development of science and technology for sustainable growth and development” on July 10 in Phu Quoc city of the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang.
As part of his opening address at the event, Standing Vice Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Tran Thanh Man said the meeting demonstrates the responsibility and proactive stance taken by the AIPA in terms of addressing regional challenges amid the new context, in line with the global trends and conditions of each country.
Developing science and technology and promoting innovation is therefore a core and pervasive orientation in the ongoing industrial revolution, he emphazised.
The two-day event offers a chance to review the implementation of resolutions adopted at the 43rd General Assembly of AIPA (AIPA-43), he said.
He proposed that delegates from the AIPA’s member parliaments, with practical experiences from their respective countries, engage in frank and open discussions aimed at sharing their own experience related to common concerns of AIPA/ASEAN, as well as other topics discussed during the course of the meeting.
The hosting of the 14th AIPA Caucus by the Vietnamese NA is a practical activity which seeks to implement the Party and State's foreign policy on strengthening multilateral diplomacy by 2030 whilst promoting the role and position of the legislative body in regional and global inter-parliamentary co-operation mechanisms, especially within AIPA, thus asserting the country’s active, responsible, and proactive participation in AIPA.