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A ceremony reviewing the activities of the Group of Vietnamese Women Parliamentarians was held in Hanoi on March 24.

The 28th annual meeting of the Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF 28) wrapped up in Canberra, Australia, on January 15 afternoon with the adoption of 19 resolutions and a joint communique.

Officials from the Party, State, Government, and National Assembly visited poor people ahead the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet), the biggest holiday in Vietnam.

Permanent National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong hosted a delegation of the Cuban Ministry of Justice led by Minister Oscar Manuel Silveira Martinez in Hanoi on December 12.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) on December 5 launched an initiative aiming to provide one million white canes for the blind and visually-impaired people in Vietnam.

National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong hosted a reception in Hanoi on August 21 for a visiting delegation from the US Senate led by Senator Tammy Duckworth.

Officials in charge of external affairs from parliaments of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia gathered in the northern province of Quang Ninh on August 17 during their seventh conference that focused on the role of parliament in realising agreements reached by the three countries in the Development Triangle.

Permanent Vice Chairwoman of the Vietnam National Assembly Tong Thi Phong received a parliamentary delegation of Cuba led by Homero Acosta Álvarez, Secretary of the Council of State, and member of the National Assembly of People’s Power, in Hanoi on June 12.

National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong on January 22 visited and presented gifts to poor people and policy beneficiaries in mountainous Cam Thuy district in the central province of Thanh Hoa ahead of the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.

Vice Chairwoman of the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Tong Thi Phong received President of the State Audit Organisation (SAO) of Laos Viengthong Siphandone in Hanoi on January 8.

The UN wants to support Vietnam in its development of a sustainable and inclusive economy, said Kamal Malhotra, UN Resident Coordinator in Vietnam.

The issuance of the Law on Cyber Security is sound and essential to prevent risks to cyber security, protect national sovereignty and interests, and ensure legitimate rights and interests of organisations and individuals.

A high-level delegation from Cuba’s Young Communist League (UJC) is paying a working visit to Vietnam to learn about the Southeast Asian country’s youth education and training to contribute to the national building, defence and development.

Party General Secretary and President Bounnhang Volachith and Prime Minister of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith hosted separate receptions in Vientiane on April 24 for a high-level delegation from the National Assembly of Vietnam led by Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong.

Permanent National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong together with female ambassadors took on a working trip to the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh on March 8.

National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong on February 8 hosted a reception for a delegation of former Vietnamese teachers who live in Thailand.

National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong on October 18 paid a fact-finding trip to Da Bac district in the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh where she inspected the settlement of consequences caused by recent downpours and floods.

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh held a working session with authorities of central Thanh Hoa province on October 15 to direct the recovery from the heavy rains and floods.

Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Tong Thi Phong attended a meeting of the Executive Board of the 38th General Assembly of ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly in the Philippines, on Sept. 15.

Vietnam and Mexico need to promote cooperation between their Parliamentary Friendship Groups, National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong said while receiving Chairwoman of the Mexican Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee Gabriela Cuevas Barron in Hanoi on August 18.