Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Thi Kim Nganleft Hanoi on July 8 morning for a five-day official visit to China.
Hervisit is made at the invitation of Chairman of the Standing Committee of theNational People’s Congress (NPC) of China Li Zhanshu.
The China trip,the first by Ngan as the head of the legislature, demonstrates the increasinglyimportant role of the NA’s foreign affairs.
During the visit,NA Chairwoman Ngan will hold talks and meetings with leaders of the ChineseParty, Government and NPC to discuss major orientations and specific measuresto bolster bilateral collaboration in all fields.
A highlightduring the top legislator’s visit is the Vietnamese Culture Day in China.
Ngan is alsoscheduled to meet representatives of leading Chinese enterprises which areinterested in expanding cooperation with Vietnam, and the Vietnamese communityin China.
The relationshipbetween the two legislative bodies has been strengthened over the years, withthe exchange of many high-level visits in the past five years, including thosemade by Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung in December2015, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the NPC Zhang Dejiang inNovember 2016, and Vice Chairman of the Vietnamese NA Do Ba Ty in December2017. Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the NPC of China Chen Zhuattended the 26th Annual Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF-26)in Hanoi in January last year.
The Vietnamese NA and the NPC of China arealso effectively implementing their cooperation agreement signed in 2015.-VNA
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