National Assembly ChairmanNguyen Sinh Hung, IPU President Saber Chowdhury and IPU SecretaryGeneral Martin Chungong attended the party.
PM Nguyen Tan Dung said the success of the event cemented the role of the IPU in the international arena.
It’s not only the world’s largest multilateral parliamentarycooperative forum, but also contributes greatly to the United Nations inbuilding the agenda for global sustainable development after 2015.
He also said in the current context, the threat of terrorism, land andsea conflicts and non-traditional security issues such as climatechange, epidemics and food safety, countries needed to cooperateclosely.
He said in order to maintain peace,stability and sustainable development, countries needed to respect theintegrity and legal rights of other partners, while contributing toaddress common concerns.-VNA