NA’s increased oversight over CLV cooperation initiatives sought

The Committees for Foreign Affairs of the National Assemblies of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam convened their sixth meeting in Vientiane, on August 2.
NA’s increased oversight over CLV cooperation initiatives sought ảnh 1Delegates to the six conference of the Committees for Foreign Affairs of the  National Assemblies of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam (Source: VNA)
Vientiane (VNA) – The Committees for Foreign Affairs of the  National Assemblies of Cambodia, Laos andVietnam convened their sixth meeting in Vientiane, on August 2 to discuss howto intensify the legislatures’ supervision over cooperation initiatives in thedevelopment triangle region.

Speakingat the opening ceremony, Vice Chairman of the Lao NA Sengnuan Xayalath stressedthat this conference is of significance for the three legislative bodies tosupervise the enforcement of a Development Initiative in theCambodia-Laos-Vietnam (CLV) Development Triangle.

Torealise development-related treaties and initiatives signed by the governments,participants at the meeting need to study and contribute ideas to each issuestraightly to find out proper orientations and solutions to be submitted to thegovernments, disseminate investment policies in the region to foreign investorsthrough parliamentary mechanisms and regional and global parliamentary offices.

NguyenVan Giau, head of the Vietnamese NA’s Committee for Foreign Affairs, saidthat with their role and responsibility, the three committees have helped thelegislative bodies promote their role in boosting development and cooperationin the region and building the borderline of peace, stability, solidarity anddevelopment.

Heexpressed his hope that the three Governments will soon sign an action planconnecting the three economies by 2030.

Thisplan is expected to help the countries focus development resources on thefields of transport, energy, trade, telecommunications scientifically andsynchronously in order to gain practical results for the CLV developmenttriangle, he added.

TheVietnamese NA also hopes the legislatures of Laos and Cambodia will encouragerelevant agencies to soon complete negotiations and necessary procedures toimplement agreements reached at the 9th CLV Development TriangleSummit.

Duringthe two-day conference, delegates are expected to listen to reports on theprogress of the region’s programmes and projects, exchange information andexperience in enforcing the judicial offices’ missions and in supervising andspeeding up the implementation of the governments’ cooperation treaties.-VNA
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