Vietnam’s National Assembly, India's lower house ink MoU on library, TV cooperation

At the signing ceremony (Photo: VNA)

New Delhi (VNA) – Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and Chairman of the Lok Sabha (House of Representatives) of India Om Birla witnessed a signing ceremony of a memorandum of understanding between the NA of Vietnam and the Lok Sabha on cooperation in the field of library and television held in New Delhi on December 17.

Accordingly, the Office of the National Assembly of Vietnam and the Office of the Lok Sabha of India will make efforts to strengthen collaboration in exchanging information and improving access to the collection and database of digital documents of two sides’ libraries.

They will cooperate in sharing experience in digitising resources and supplementing digital resources for the library for mutual benefits. The two sides will use an information exchange system on library activities and share digital documents and non-confidential parliamentary documents in accordance with the provisions of each side.

Efforts will be made by the two sides to implement a mechanism to exchange broadcasts and television programmes related to the parliarment activities in the legislative process, monitoring, and accountability, as well as other common issues. Products, information and documents within the cooperation framework are guaranteed in terms of intellectual property rights by both sides in line with laws of each side international treaties to which the two countries are members. The transfer of these products to a third party is subject to the consent of the other party.

The two sides will assign the library of NA and NA Television of Vietnam to coordinate with the library and the Indian Parliamentary Television in the implementation of the contents of the MoU./.