Indian lower house speaker’s visit to reinforce comprehensive strategic ties with Vietnam

Speaker of the Indian Lok Sabha (the lower house) Om Birla starts an official visit to Vietnam on April 19 at the invitation by NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.

Speaker of the Indian Lok Sabha (the lower house) Om Birla (left) shakes hand with National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Speaker of the Indian Lok Sabha (thelower house) Om Birla starts an official visit to Vietnam on April 19 at theinvitation by National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.

It is his first visit to Vietnam since he took office inJune 2019.

The three-day visit is made in the context that theVietnam-India Comprehensive Strategic Partnership has been growing strong withhigh political trust and close relations between the two legislatures.

It is one of the major political events between the NationalAssembly of Vietnam and the Indian Lok Sabha to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic ties (1972 – 2022).

It aims to further reinforce the Vietnam-India comprehensive strategic partnership, maintain high-level delegation exchanges between the twocountries and their legislative bodies, and implement bilateral cooperation activitieswithin the agreement signed between the Vietnamese NA and the Indian Lok Sabha inSeptember 2016./.

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