At the opening ceremony of the 9th Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians in Hanoi on September 15 (Photo: VNA) NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue attended the ceremony and delivered the openingspeech.
The conference is the largest multilateral diplomatic eventhosted by Vietnam this year, attracting the participation of more than 300young parliamentarians and delegates from over 70 member parliaments of the Inter-ParliamentaryUnion (IPU), representatives of international organisations, 124 members of theYoung NA Deputies’ Group of Vietnam, 20 outstanding young people of Vietnam,and 20 young deputies of provincial-level People’s Councils, along withrepresentatives of the friendship associations between Vietnam and othercountries, embassies, consulates, and foreign representative diplomaticagencies in Vietnam.
In his opening speech, Hue said that it is Vietnam’s honourto be chosen as the host of the conference. Following the success of the 132ndIPU Assembly in 2015, the 26th Annual Meeting of the Asia-Pacific ParliamentaryForum (APPF) in 2018, and the 41st General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-ParliamentaryAssembly (AIPA) in 2020, the hosting of this conference continues todemonstrate Vietnam’s active, proactive, and responsible participation in theIPU – the world’s biggest inter-parliamentary body, and shows the country’sattention to youth and global issues facing young people at present.
In his remarks, President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Duarte Pachecorecalled the success of the 132nd IPU Assembly in 2015 and notedthat at this conference, young lawmakers from around the world will focus onexchanging ideas regarding development strategies for nations, the world, andthe people in both the present and future.
Participating delegates also listened to speeches by President of the IPU Forumof Young Parliamentarians and member of the UK Parliament Dan Carden, and Chairmanof the Young NA Deputies’ Group of Vietnam Nguyen Anh Tuan.
Subsequently, they heard a keynote speech on theimplementation of SDGs and the role of digital transformation and innovation byVietnamese NA deputy Trinh Thi Tu Anh; and a recorded speech by TomasLamanauskas, Deputy Secretary-General of the International TelecommunicationUnion (ITU).
After the opening session, members of the Board of the Forumof Young Parliamentarians chaired the first thematic discussion on digitaltransformation.
In the afternoon of the same day, the second thematicdiscussion on innovation and startup took place under the chair of Peruvian MPand member of the Board Wilson Soto Palacios./.
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