A delegation from the Vietnamese National Assembly led by Vice Chairman Uong Chu Luu paid a working visit to New Zealand from June 29 to July 2.
The delegation met with NZ Parliament Speaker Lockwook Smith, Deputy Speaker Lindsay Tisch and leaders of several agencies in the country. It also attended a Q&A session for cabinet members.
While working with the Vietnamese guests, Speaker Lockwook Smith spoke highly of the developing relationship between the two countries in general and between the two parliaments in particular over the past time, especially after Vietnam and NZ signed a joint statement on their comprehensive partnership in September 2009.
The Speaker showed his interest in Vietnam’s socio-economic strategy and foreign policy in the coming time and its 13th NA elections scheduled for 2011.
He said he also paid attention to targets that Vietnam wants to reach as it is the ASEAN Chair and its NA assumes a role as the Chair of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) this year.
For his part, NA Vice Chairman Luu said he was pleased to visit NZ on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the establishment of the two countries’ diplomatic ties.
He invited the NZ Parliament to send a delegation to Vietnam to attend the 31st AIPA General Assembly slated for September 19-25 in Hanoi.
During the working sessions, the two sides exchanged notes on several issues relating to the parliament’s legislative and supervision activities, the process of building and adopting bills, institutions involving in legislative activities and modes of receiving and addressing voters’ petitions.
While working with the Vietnamese guests, Speaker Lockwook Smith spoke highly of the developing relationship between the two countries in general and between the two parliaments in particular over the past time, especially after Vietnam and NZ signed a joint statement on their comprehensive partnership in September 2009.
The Speaker showed his interest in Vietnam’s socio-economic strategy and foreign policy in the coming time and its 13th NA elections scheduled for 2011.
He said he also paid attention to targets that Vietnam wants to reach as it is the ASEAN Chair and its NA assumes a role as the Chair of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) this year.
For his part, NA Vice Chairman Luu said he was pleased to visit NZ on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the establishment of the two countries’ diplomatic ties.
He invited the NZ Parliament to send a delegation to Vietnam to attend the 31st AIPA General Assembly slated for September 19-25 in Hanoi.
During the working sessions, the two sides exchanged notes on several issues relating to the parliament’s legislative and supervision activities, the process of building and adopting bills, institutions involving in legislative activities and modes of receiving and addressing voters’ petitions.
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