NA General Secretary meets his counterparts in Indonesia

At the meeting held with Secretary General of the House of Representatives of Thailand Pornpith Phetchareon, both sides agreed that joint ties in general and the relationship between their legislative bodies in particular are developing prosperously. They expressed their confidence that co-operation will become deeper and more effective.

Cuong therefore suggested that the Vietnamese NA Office and Secretariat and the Secretariat of the House of Representatives of Thailand sign a co-operation agreement to strengthen the exchange of delegations, thereby helping each side to improve its performance and deepen links between the two legislative bodies.

He went on to voice his hope that the House of Representatives of Thailand will send a delegation to the ninth Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians which will be hosted by the Vietnamese NA in September.

Cuong’s Thai counterpart Phetchareon agreed with him on the matter, stating that the signing of a separate co-operation agreement between the advisory and assisting agencies of the two countries’ legislative bodies will mark a new step in terms of the relationship between the two sides.

She therefore stressed that Thai parliamentarians welcome and highly value the Vietnamese side’s hosting of the global young parliamentarians conference and its agenda, with Thailand set to send a delegation of young parliamentarians to the conference.

The same day, Cuong met with Secretary General of Indonesia's House of Representatives (DPR) Indra Iskandar.

He congratulated the Indonesian House of Representatives for successfully hosting the 144th General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU-144) and related conferences, expressing his belief that the AIPA-44 chaired by the Indonesian House of Representatives will be successful.

Highlighting the important co-operation results between the legislative bodies of the two countries over the recent times, especially the official visit to Indonesia by NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and the signing of the cooperation agreement between the two legislative bodies for the 2023 to 2028 period, Cuong said he believes that the joint strategic partnership, as well as the relationship between their legislatures, will become more practical and comprehensively across multiple areas.

Regarding the proposal on strengthening linkages between the Secretariat of the NA of Vietnam and the Secretariat of the Indonesian House of Representatives, the two sides consented to focus on various areas, including the implementation of the newly-signed agreement between the two legislative bodies, delegation exchanges, information and experience sharing, human resources training, digital transformation, as well as the development of an e-NA, e-library, and e-museum.

Meanwhile, at the meeting between Cuong and Secretary General of the National Assembly of Laos Pingkham Lasasimma, the two sides agreed to actively and closely co-operate to prepare for the first NA Summit of the three countries - Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia - that is set to take place in December in Vientiane.

The Lao official expressed hope that the Vietnamese NA Office will share experience with and provide support to the Laotian NA Secretariat to well prepare for the upcoming important event, while Cuong affirmed the Vietnamese side's readiness and stated his hopes that the Laos NA will dispatch a delegation to the September conference in Vietnam.