National Assembly (NA) Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung met with the Head of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Polish Sejm (Lower House of the Polish parliament), Grzgorz Schetyna, in Hanoi on December 17.

Applauding Schetyna’s visit, Hung said it will significantly contribute to strengthening the cooperation and coordination between the two parliaments, as well as the traditional and long-lasting friendship between the two countries and peoples.

Expressing his delight with the two parliaments’ increased cooperative activities in recent years, he said he hopes the legislative bodies will coordinate closely in multilateral parliamentary forums and strengthen delegation and experience exchanges, while boosting cooperation in law making and other parliamentary issues.

In reply, Schetyna applauded Vietnam ’s achievements in various areas.

He briefed his host on the outcomes of his working sessions with the NA Commission for External Relations, affirming that the two sides agreed to foster cooperation and step up the exchange of knowledge to develop legislative systems and parliamentary external relations.-VNA