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Vietnam performs role of AIPA President well amid difficulties: Brunei parliamentarian

Vietnam has done well in its role as President of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA 41) in a “very difficult” year for the whole world, a parliamentarian from the Legislative Council of Brunei has said.
Vietnam performs role of AIPA President well amid difficulties: Brunei parliamentarian ảnh 1 NA Chairman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, AIPA-41 Chair, speaks at the second meeting of the National Steering Committee and the Organising Committee for AIPA 41. (Photo: VNA)

Jakarta (VNA) - Vietnam has done well in its role as President of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA 41) ina “very difficult” year for the whole world, a parliamentarian from the LegislativeCouncil of Brunei hassaid.

In an interview given to a Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Jakarta on the occasionof the 41st General Assembly of AIPA(AIPA 41), scheduled to take place from September 8-10, parliamentarian NikHafimi Abdul Haadii, on behalf of the Legislative Council of Brunei, emphasised the significance of theevent in the context of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

As President of AIPA in 2020, Vietnam has made manycontributions to strengthening ASEAN’s cohesion and proactive response amid current regionaland international challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic, she said.

Accordingly, under Vietnam’s leadership, AIPA has made cohesive responses over thelast year in a spirit of being “cohesiveand responsive” in its role as an entity that oversees parliamentaryprogress in the region, she said.

She noted that in a spirit of solidarity,AIPA has organised many online conferences and interactive activities between membercountries during Vietnam’s AIPA presidency term as the COVID-19 crisis hastaken hold.

According to the parliamentarian, the holding of the third meeting ofthe AIPA Advisory Council on Dangerous Drugs (AIPACODD 3) and the 11th ASEAN Inter-ParliamentaryAssembly (AIPA) Caucus showed that AIPA parliamentarians have contributed not only to the legislative processbut also to the “new normal”.

She expressed a hope that in this new era, AIPA will continue its development basedon momentum found in 2020.

Cooperative activities between the Legislative Council of Brunei and Vietnam’s National Assembly in recent times have contributedto further promoting cooperation between the two countries as well as to buildingand developing AIPA, Abdul Haadii stressed.

She sent her sincere congratulations to the NA and wished AIPA 41 great success.

At the upcoming 41st General Assembly of AIPA, theLegislative Council of Brunei will officially take over AIPA presidency from Vietnam’sNA./.
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