Chairwoman of the APF’s Vietnam Sub-Committee Nguyen Thuy Anh (centre) speaks at the Meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Francophonie (APF)’s Parliamentary Affairs Committee via video teleconference on May 31. The virtual meeting was attendedby Chairwoman of the APF’s Vietnam Sub-Committee Nguyen Thuy Anh, who is alsoAPF Vice President for the 2019-2021 tenure, from Hanoi.
The event also saw the participation of about 30 delegates,including parliamentarians from APF members, representatives of the APF andinternational organisations. It was chaired by Joel Godin, Chairman of theParliamentary Affairs Committee.
During the event, the Vietnam Sub-Committee shared howthe NA has worked together with the government to fulfil the twin goals ofcombating COVID-19 and sustaining positive economic growth.
It later informed attendees on the success of Vietnam’selections of deputies to the 15th NA and People’s Councils at alllevels and how preventive measures against the coronavirus were put in place toensure voters’ safety.
It also presented how Vietnam has deployed technologiesin fighting the pandemic, particularly the use of Bluezone, a mobile app developedby State-owned military group Viettel to trace users in close contact with peopleinfected with COVID-19 and alert them about the risk of infection.
The meeting also saw delegates exchanging ways tostrengthen inter-parliamentary cooperation and discussing the building ofreports on various topics, such as maintaining parliamentary operation amidCOVID-19, contact-tracing apps, enhancing relations between politicalinstitutions and people through parliamentary affairs.
The 18th Francophonie Summit will be held inTunisia’s Djerba in November 2021.
The APF comprises 88 parliaments (sub-committees) fromall over the world.
Vietnam became a APF member in 1991. The country servedas APF President for Asia-Pacific for the 2015-2017 tenure and a member of theexecutive council of the APF Network of Women Parliamentarians for the 2017-2019tenure./.
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