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A delegation from the National Assembly (NA) of Laos led by Vice Chairwoman Sounthone Xayachack visited the northern province of Thai Nguyen on July 20.

Vietnam’s conglomerate VinGroup announced on July 27 that it has appointed Michael Lohscheller as CEO of its automotive division VinFast Global.

The National Assembly has well performed parliamentary diplomacy, thus contributing to consolidating and developing Vietnam’s relations with its traditional friends, neighbours, and strategic and comprehensive partners such as Laos, Cuba, Cambodia, China, Russia, the US, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea and other Southeast Asian nations.

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

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has urged the central province of Quang Tri, which has been hardest hit by recent floods and storms, to focus all resources to protect the lives and assets of locals and help them soon stabilise their life.

The 48th session of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee wrapped up in Hanoi on September 18.

Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA) Tong Thi Phong chaired a meeting with ambassadors and heads of the diplomatic missions of ASEAN member states, together with observers and guests of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA), on the cusp of the 41st AIPA General Assembly (AIPA 41).

Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Tong Thi Phong and a delegation of the Francophone Parliamentary Assembly (APF) visited the northern mountainous province of Son La on July 4.

Vietnam’s entry to the International Labour Organisation (ILO)’s Abolition of Forced Labour Convention (Convention 105) is essential and significant in political, socio-economic, and legal aspects as the country steps up its international integration and industrialisation and modernisation, the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee’s 44th session heard on April 28.

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.

Multilateral parliamentary diplomacy plays an important role amidst the rapid and complex developments in the regional and global situation, Vice Chairwoman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Tong Thi Phong has said.

Standing Vice Chairwoman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Tong Thi Phong called at the Vietnamese Embassy in Canberra and met with representatives of the Vietnamese community in Australia on January 12.

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

Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Tong Thi Phong on January 6 joined a programme to present gifts to people in the central province of Nghe An ahead of the traditional 2020 Lunar New Year (Tet).

The Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) Central Committee launched the union’s web portal at vwu.vn at a ceremony in Hanoi on December 19.

Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Tong Thi Phong and Vice President of the House of Councillors of Japan Ogawa Toshio agreed to promote parliamentary cooperation between the two countries during their talks in Hanoi on December 18.

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.

Permanent Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Tong Thi Phong has affirmed the Vietnamese Party and State’s priority given to providing care for ethnic minority groups in remote, mountainous and extremely disadvantaged areas.

Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Tong Thi Phong and her Armenian counterpart Vahe Enfiajyan agreed on November 5 that the two countries should bolster collaboration through party, state, parliamentary, business and people-to-people exchange channels.