ASEAN countries boost parliamentary cooperation

A meeting of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) opened in the central city of Da Nang on March 7.
A meeting of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) opened in the central city of Da Nang on March 7.

The meeting, themed “Post-Crisis and Sustainable Development”, drew the participation of eight member countries, including Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam as well as several international organisations such as the Asia Development Bank (ADB), the World Bank (WB) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP).

National Assembly Vice Chair Tong Thi Phong led a Vietnamese delegation to the event, which was one of the activities in the year when the Vietnamese legislative body assumes the AIPA Presidency.

The four-day meeting focuses on reviewing the consequences of the global economic crisis and discussing the role of legislative bodies in coping with the economic crisis and measures to boost sustainable development in the post-crisis period.

It also aims to boost cooperation among ASEAN member countries’ parliaments, contributing to their efforts to keep peace and political stability and expand economic cooperation./.

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