Overview of NA leader’s visit to India
VOV.VN - National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan led a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation to visit India and attend the 11th Global Summit of Women Speakers of Parliament in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on December 8-13.
The NA chairwoman arrived at Palam Airport, New Dehli on December 8 to begin her official visit to India at the invitation of Indian Upper House Speaker Mohamad Hamid Ansarin and Lower House Speaker Sumitra Mahajan. |
Indian officials welcomed the Vietnamese delegation at the airport. |
Children welcomed the NA leader. |
Ms Ngan met Vietnamese Embassy staff and overseas Vietnamese in India. |
On December 9, Ms Ngan and other delegation members laid a wreath at the Mahatma Gandhi Monument. |
The legislative leader met the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury |
Speaker of the Lower House Sumitra Mahajan |
She witnessed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the provision of aviation services for the two countries by Vietjet Air and Air India. |
Ms Ngan met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, |
President of the Indian National Congress party Sonia Gandhi, |
the India-Vietnam Solidarity Committee in West Bengan Geetesh Sharma, |
and Communist Party of India General Secretary Sudhakar Reddy |
Mr Reddy said the Indian Government follow a consistent policy of boosting cooperation with Vietnam. |
The NA chairwoman met representatives from the India Fund in New Delhi on December 10. |
Chairwoman Ngan shared her hope that Vietnam and India will expand cooperation in new fields. |
She met Indian President Pranab Mukherjee. |
Vietnam always supports the Act East Policy and the increase of presence and connection of India in the Southeast Asia, said Ms Ngan. |
The Vietnamese delegation left India for UAE to attend the 11th World Summit of Female Parliamentarians. |
The 11th World Summit of Female Parliamentarians opened on December 12. |
Ms Ngan joined the opening ceremony with 50 other female parliamentarians. |
Ms Ngan met Minister of State for Tolerance of the UAE Sheikha Lubna Khalid Al Qasimi. |
and Speaker of the Finnish Parliament Maria Lohela on the sidelines of the summit. |
The NA leader delivered a speech at a discussion themed “Safeguard a Healthy Planet” at the 11th Global Summit of Women Speakers of Parliament. |
Ms Ngan metPresident of the UAE Federal National Council Amal Al Qubaisi. |
At the closing ceremony of the Global Summit of Women Speakers of Parliament |