The master plan for the development of
the capital city by 2030 with a vision towards 2050 was a hot topic for
discussion for the National Assembly Standing Committee on May 11
morning.
Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai on
April 15 called on Belgian companies to invest in Vietnam ,
especially in transport, power, mechanical engineering and metallurgy.
Increased cooperation between Vietnamese
and Indonesian legislative bodies will contribute to the development of
a comprehensive relationship between the two countries in the
twenty-first century.
Vietnam’s top legislator has said that
the attendance of AIPA member delegates at the ASEAN-AIPA leaders’
meeting slated for April 8-9 in Hanoi reflects their support to
Vietnam as AIPA-31 president.
The Vietnamese National Assembly and other members of the 122 nd IPU
General
Assembly spoke with one voice on the need to coordinate actions to
eliminate the
root causes of conflicts, entailing suppression, poverty, injustice, and
discrimination in race, culture and religion.
A legislator has stressed the need for
increased collaboration among relevant agencies to successfully
organise events surrounding the 31st ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly
(AIPA-31).
National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu
Trong on Feb. 17 visited the Hanoi suburban district of Soc Son and
launched a tree-planting drive on the Lunar New Year occasion.
Vietnam will try its utmost to foster
its friendship and cooperation with China on a wider and deeper basis
characterised by mutual trust, affirmed National Assembly Chairman
Nguyen Phu Trong.
Algeria’s National People’s Assembly Chairman Abdelaziz Ziari showed interest in
the development model of Ho Chi Minh City, an economic hub of Vietnam, while
visiting the city on Jan. 22.
Vietnam is planning to call upon regional parliamentary and inter-governmental
organisations to set up a forum or a joint mechanism for cooperation when coping
with the challenges and risks of climate change.
A delegation of the Vietnamese National
Assembly, headed by Chairman of the NA Committee for External Relations
Nguyen Van Son, visited Indonesia from Jan. 13-14.
Chairman of National Assembly Nguyen
Phu Trong has urged the central province of Quang Binh to turn its
forest and marine economic potential into a driving force for
development.
Vietnam has been sparing no effort to
prevent discrimination and protect rights of women, as well as strictly
fulfill the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women.
Vietnam attaches importance to
developing its strategic cooperative partnership with the Republic of
Korea for the benefits and prosperity of each country, said the Party
chief and the Prime Minister as they met with the RoK top legislator
Kim Hyong-O in Hanoi on Nov. 16.
National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu
Trong went away to the agriculturally-dominated Bo Duong hamlet in the
Red River delta province of Hai Duong to attend a festival of national
unity on Nov. 14.
The visit by the RoK NA Speaker Kim Hyong-O is a new landmark in
the development of the friendship and cooperation between the two
countries and two parliaments, said Vietnam’s top legislator.
The 121st meeting of the
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly opened in Geneva, Switzerland,
on October 19, bringing together around 1,000 delegates from 153
member and associated nations.
National Assembly Vice Chairman Uong
Chu Luu received Deputy Attorney General of Cambodia ’s Supreme Court
Chhuon Chantha on Sept. 21 who is on a working visit to Vietnam.
China and the European Union (EU) have agreed to continue their dialogue in
order to strengthen bilateral cooperation, according to the Xinhua news
agency.