The visits will be made at the invitation of Speaker of the Swedishparliament (Riskdag) Urban Ahlin, Speaker of the National Assembly of HungaryKover Laszlo and President of the Senate of the Czech Republic Milan Stech.
This is the first visit of a Vietnamese National Assembly head to Swedenin 24 years, since the visit by then NA Chairman Nong Duc Manh in 1993.
It is also the first of a Vietnamese National Assembly leader to Hungaryin nine years since the trip of then NA Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong in 2008, and thefirst in eight years to the Czech Republic after the 2009 visit of the then NA ChairmanNguyen Phu Trong.
The visits of NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan are aimed at furtherstrengthening the traditional friendship and cooperation between Vietnam andthe three countries in general, and between the Vietnamese NA and its Swedish,Hungarian and Czech counterparts in particular.-VNA