NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan speaks at the session. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The 48th session of the National Assembly (NA) StandingCommittee opened in Hanoi on September 10 under the chair of NA ChairwomanNguyen Thi Kim Ngan.
In her openingremarks, Ngan highlighted the huge workload of the meeting, expressing her hopethat following the success of the 41st General Assembly of the ASEANInter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-41), the session will come to fruition.
The legislators thenheard a report on the outcome of AIPA-41 presented by head of the NA Committeefor External Relations Nguyen Van Giau.
Giau said AIPA-41completed its agenda during three days of working from September 8-10, with atotal of 26 resolutions and a joint statement adopted.
At the end of themeeting, the Legislative Council of Brunei officially took over the AIPA presidency fromVietnam's NA.
Giau said the success of AIPA-41 has contributedto raising the position and prestige of the Vietnamese legislature and the country in general in the international arena.
Delegates to AIPA-41 appreciated Vietnam’sthorough preparations for the meeting, he said, adding that the agenda matchesthe latest situation, especially solutions to COVID-19 response and post-pandemic economic recovery and the significance of consolidating regional peace, security andcooperation.
Many delegations said security andsafety in the East Sea should be based on international law, particularly the 1982UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and the Declaration on the Conduct ofParties in the East Sea (DOC), soon reaching a Code of Conduct in the East Sea(COC).
This was the first time the AIPA GeneralAssembly had been held online, demonstrating the resolve and effortsof the Vietnamese NA as well as other AIPA member parliaments to overcomedifficulties and consolidate their solidarity and cooperation, Giau said./.
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