Vietnam, Hungary enhance parliamentary cooperation

Standing Vice Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Tran Thanh Man held talks with First Officer of the Hungarian NA Márta Mátrai in Hanoi on January 20.
Vietnam, Hungary enhance parliamentary cooperation ảnh 1The talks between Standing Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man and First Officer of the Hungarian NA Márta Mátrai. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Standing Vice Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Tran Thanh Man held talks with First Officerof the Hungarian NA Márta Mátrai in Hanoi on January 20.

Welcoming the guest, Man said that this is the first foreign delegation to have a working visit to the Vietnamese legislature in 2022, marking a good start in the parliamentaryrelations between Vietnam and Hungary as well as Parliaments of other EU memberstates.

Man told the guest that Vietnam always attaches importance to and wishes to strengthen the multifaceted cooperation with Hungary - Vietnam'sfirst comprehensive partner in Central-Eastern Europe.

The Vietnamese legislative body appreciates the positiveprogress in the two countries’ relations over the past time, especially theupgrading of the relationship to a Comprehensive Partnership during the visitto Hungary by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong in 2018, whichdemonstrated the determination of their leaders in promoting bilateral ties.

Vietnam, Hungary enhance parliamentary cooperation ảnh 2Standing Vice Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Tran Thanh Man. (Photo: VNA)
He appreciated Hungary’s taking Vietnam as a prioritypartner in its official development assistance (ODA) policy with the commitmentof 440 million EUR (500 million USD) in preferential loans to implement cooperationprojects in priority areas of the two countries.

Considering education and training a traditional field of bilateralcollaboration with thousands of Vietnamese officials and engineers having beentrained in Hungary, the Vietnamese legislator thanked the Hungarian side forgranting 200 scholarships per year to Vietnamese students, thus contributing totraining high-quality human resources for Vietnam.

He also took this occasion to thank the Hungarian State forcreating favourable conditions for the Vietnamese community in the country, describing its members as an important factor contributing to tightening the friendship and cooperationbetween the two countries and two peoples.

Vietnam, Hungary enhance parliamentary cooperation ảnh 3First Officer of the Hungarian NA Márta Mátrai (Photo: VNA)
For her part, Márta Mátrai affirmed that Vietnam is the mostimportant trade partner of Hungary in Southeast Asia.

She expressed her hope that the Vietnamese National Assemblywill provide support to realise cooperation agreements between the Governments,ministries and sectors of the two countries.

Regarding cooperation between the two National Assemblies,both host and guest showed their hope that the two sides will maintain contactsand coordination, and hold joint seminars to share legislative experience so asto develop the bilateral collaboration in a substantive and effective manner./.
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