Vice Chairman of the NA’s Committee for External Relations Nguyen Manh Tien at the event (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnamese National Assembly will hold the 41st General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-41)themed “Parliamentarydiplomacy for a cohesive and responsive ASEAN Community” via a videoconference from September 8-10, said the organising board at a press conferenceon September 4.
Vice Chairman of the NA’s Committee for External Relations andhead of the AIPA 41 information sub-committee Nguyen Manh Tien said it willbe the third time the Vietnamese legislature assumes the role of AIPA Chairand holds the assembly.
Tien described the AIPA-41 as an important highlight inexternal activities of the 14th NA, contributing to highlighting Vietnam's State and parliamentary diplomacy achievements.
Aboutthe meeting’s agenda, he said participants are expected to approve severaldocuments electronically, including the AIPA-41’s activities and agenda, the list of guests, host of AIPA 42, time and venue.
AsAIPA Chair 2020 and Chair of the AIPA-41, Vietnamese NA Chairwoman Nguyen ThiKim Ngan will chair and deliver opening and closing speeches, and present AIPAchairmanship 2021 and AIPA-41 General Assembly Chairmanship to the next host.
In particular,the General Assembly will adopt draft resolutions of committees, establish the conferenceof AIPA young parliamentarians, admit AIPA’s new observers, present awards of dedicationto AIPA, and sign a joint statement via the form of announcement.
Chairmanof the NA’s Committee for External Relations and deputy head of the organising committee's standing board Nguyen Van Giau said the conference of AIPA young parliamentarians will take the theme “AIPA young parliamentarians build ASEANCommunity”.
Aboutthe admission of AIPA’s new observers, Giau said the organising committee hasreceived four dossiers from Norway, Morocco, Pakistan and Georgia and will holdan admission ceremony at the second plenary session and the closing ceremony.
Asregards the conference of AIPA female parliamentarians, Giau said Chairwoman ofthe NA’s Committee for Social Affairs Nguyen Thuy Anh will chair the event,which will discuss female parliamentarians’ role in ensuring jobs and incomefor female workers.
Membersof the organising committee also answered reporters’ questions about thesignificance and contributions of AIPA to Vietnam’s socio-economic development,the region and the world, advantages and disadvantages in holding AIPA-41 online,among others./.
