NA Standing Committee's Conference on foreign affairs work for 2023

NA Standing Committee's Conference on foreign affairs for 2023: National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue with delegates attending the conference. (Photo: Doan Tan/VNA)

Also attending the conference were Politburo member, Standing Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Duc Hai, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee Vu Hai Ha; Head of the Party Central Committee's Commission for External Affairs Le Hoai Trung; Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son.

Delivering a report at the Conference, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee Vu Hai Ha said that since the beginning of the 15th term, the NA's external affairs work has been comprehensively implemented, showing the image of a reformed Vietnamese National Assembly; effectively contributed to the implementation of the foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, peace, friendship, diversification and multilateralization; ensured national and national interests, thus contributing to enhancing the image and position of Vietnam in the international arena.

Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee emphasized that the outstanding focus is the NA's bilateral foreign affairs activities such as the official visits of National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue to Laos, Cambodia, Philippines, Hungary, UK, Australia and New Zealand; visits to Vietnam by the Presidents of the National Assembly/Parliament of Laos, Cambodia, India, Mozambique, Singapore, France.

In particular, in 2022, the National Assembly and agencies of the National Assembly of Vietnam presided over a series of important activities within the framework of the Vietnam-Laos, Laos-Vietnam Friendship and Solidarity Year and the Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Year on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Laos and the 45th anniversary of the signing of the Vietnam-Laos Treaty of Amity and Cooperation; 55th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Cambodia.

Speaking at the event, National Assembly Standing Vice Chairman Tran Thanh Man highlighted the need to continue strengthening cohesion and coordination with Party, State and people-to-people diplomacy, and bring into play parliamentary diplomacy in order to maximise synergy in implementing the country’s foreign policy to ensure national interests.

NA Standing Committee's Conference on foreign affairs for 2023: National Assembly Standing Vice Chairman Tran Thanh Man highlighted the need to continue strengthening cohesion and coordination with Party, State and people-to-people diplomacy. (Photo: VNA)

He proposed attaching importance to economic diplomacy for development, putting people and businesses at the centre, and stepping up socio-economic recovery.

The legislative body should promote relations with other parliaments in a more intensive, substantive and effective manner, intensify multilateral parliamentary diplomacy, and enhance the role of the National Assembly in multilateral cooperation mechanisms, and regional and international organisations.

NA Standing Vice Chairman Man also emphasised the importance of researching and consulting on perfecting the legal system to serve foreign affairs and international integration and focusing supervision on the implementation of international commitments and treaties to which Vietnam is a member, as well as international agreements that it has signed.

Attention should be paid to improving the effectiveness of external information work, and innovating and raising awareness about the role and importance of the work on the parliamentary diplomatic channel in response to the country's renewal requirements.

It is necessary to pay more attention to the training of personnel working in the diplomacy and foreign affairs sectors, added Standing Vice Chairman Man.

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