Hailing Vietnam’s increasingly important role on the global stage, Armenian Ambassador to Vietnam Suren Baghdasaryan affirmed Armenia’s readiness to enhance cooperation with Vietnam across various fields, including national defence.
PM Nikol Pashinyan affirmed that Armenia attaches great importance to its traditional friendship with Vietnam and wishes to further deepen cooperation in all areas, particularly economy, trade, investment, and education.
Since their FTA came into effect, trade between Vietnam and the EAEU doubled to reach 5.6 billion USD in 2024.
The working trip, marking NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man’s first multilateral diplomatic activity in 2025, reflected Vietnam’s foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralisation, and diversification of external ties.
National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man’s official visits to Armenia and Uzbekistan from April 2-8 helped strengthen political trust and revitalised the ties between Vietnam and the two Central Asian countries.
“We are eager to move forward towards strengthening and deepening our cooperation and political dialogue in such crucial areas as high-tech industry, trade, educational exchanges, and people-to-people contacts. Vietnam is an important partner for Armenia in the ASEAN region,” Armenian Ambassador to Vietnam Suren Baghdasaryan stated.
The Vietnamese legislature is ready to support the governments, agencies, and businesses of the two countries in seeking cooperation opportunities and expanding collaboration.
NA Chairman Man stated that the Vietnamese Party, State, and people always highly appreciate the valuable support from the Armenian people during the Southeast Asian country’s past struggle for national independence as well as the current cause of national construction and development.
The top legislator expressed his delight at visiting the university – the academic heart, lighthouse of knowledge, and a source of pride not only for Armenia but also for the entire region.
General Secretary of the National Assembly of Armenia and Chairman of the NA Office Davit Arakelyan expressed his desire to strengthen cooperation with the Vietnamese NA Office so that the two sides can exchange experience in areas of mutual interest, such as digital transformation, digital parliament, and applying technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI)) in parliamentary activities.
Vietnam is committed to deepening political trust and fostering comprehensive and enduring cooperation with Armenia that benefits both nations while contributing to peace, stability, and progress in the regions and the world.
NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man called on the two countries' parliamentary friendship groups to actively promote exchanges and experience sharing, particularly among parliamentarians, female legislators, and young lawmakers.
As an active member of ASEAN and the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA), Vietnam stands ready to act as a bridge to help Armenia expand ties with ASEAN, AIPA, and other member parliaments.
National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man directed the consideration of establishing similar creative technology centres in Vietnam, based on Armenia's TUMO Centre model, to create an educational environment that helps Vietnamese youth promote self-learning and enhance their skills, particularly in science and technology, innovation, artificial intelligence, and digital transformation.
The two Deputy PMs focused on discussing several measures to promote bilateral relations, such as improving transportation connections and multi-modal transport to facilitate the movement of goods between the two countries and to Asian, European, and global markets.
National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man attended a Vietnam - Armenia Business Forum in Yerevan on April 2, as part of his ongoing official visit to Armenia.
NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man stated that the Vietnamese delegation’s visit to Armenia not only aims to strengthen political and parliamentary relations, but also opens up opportunities to promote economic, trade and investment cooperation - areas in which both countries have great potential to exploit together.
The diplomat expressed his hope that the visits not only help maintain the traditional friendly relations between Vietnam and the two nations, but also create new momentum to elevate cooperation to higher levels, ensuring that it is substantial, effective, and commensurate with the political relations between Vietnam and these countries.
The official visit is a demonstration of Vietnam’s consistent policy of treasuring and promoting relations with the countries it has traditional friendship with, including Armenia.
This is the first official visit to Armenia by a top legislator of Vietnam since the two countries established their diplomatic relations in 1992. It takes place in the context of their traditional friendship developing well.
NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man’s attendance at the IPU-150 themed, “Parliamentary Action for Social Development and Justice”, reflects Vietnam’s renewed vigour and steadfast commitment to this crucial multilateral parliamentary forum.
The participation in the IPU-150 and official visits to Uzbekistan and Armenia will be made from April 2 to 8.
Armenian Ambassador to Vietnam Suren Baghdasaryan affirmed that Armenia considers Vietnam a key partner in Southeast Asia.
State President Luong Cuong on November 20 hosted a reception for President of the National Assembly (NA) of Armenia Alen Simonyan who is on an official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man.