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42nd AIPA General Assembly wraps up

The 42nd General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-42), themed "Forging Parliamentary Cooperation in Digital Inclusion towards ASEAN Community 2025”, concluded on August 25 after three working days via videoconference.
42nd AIPA General Assembly wraps up ảnh 1Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue attends the closing ceremony (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) –The 42nd General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-42), themed "Forging Parliamentary Cooperation in Digital Inclusion towards ASEAN Community 2025”, concludedon August 25 after three working days via videoconference.

The Vietnamese National Assembly(NA) delegation, led by Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue, attended the closingceremony.

Concluding the event,head of the parliaments of 10 Southeast Asian countries signed a joint communique of the 42nd AIPA General Assembly.

They also adopted aresolution admitting the parliaments of Ukraine and Pakistan as the new observers.

Following the closingceremony, Brunei handed over the role of AIPA 2022 Chair to the Cambodian NationalAssembly.

42nd AIPA General Assembly wraps up ảnh 2President of the National Assembly of Cambodia Heng Samrin speaks at the event (Photo: VNA)
President of the NationalAssembly of Cambodia Heng Samrin underlinedthat ASEAN is being hard hit by COVID-19, forcing the association to promote digitalisationto ensure economic recovery and further strengthen regional cooperation in thenew situation.

He said that Cambodia will host meetings withinthe the 43rd AIPA General Assembly from September 12-16, 2022./.
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