NA Chairman Hue arrives in Austria for working trip to EU
VOV.VN - A high-raking delegation of the Vietnam National Assembly (NA) led by NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue arrived in Vienna, Austria, on September 5 to attend the fifth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament (WCSP) and make working visits to several EU nations.
Hue was welcomed at Schwechat airport by Vietnamese ambassador to Austria Nguyen Trung Kien and other officials of the embassy.
He then met with officials of the embassy and representatives of Vietnamese expatriates in Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia to reaffirm the policy on great national unity of the Party and State that consider the Vietnamese community abroad an integral part of the Vietnamese state.
The meeting was considered a special constituency meeting of the NA Chairman with the expatriates.
The Vietnamese NA delegation will attend the fifth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament from September 6-9. Hue will deliver three important speeches in plenary sessions and panel discussions, highlighting issues on sustainable development, the role of multilateralism in COVID-19 response and post-pandemic recovery, digital transformation, climate change and environmental protection.
Hue is scheduled to meet with leaders of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, a number of parliaments from other countries, and several international organizations. He will also meet with representatives of Austrian businesses and attend the Vietnam - Austria business forum.
The WCSP, due to take place in Vienna from September 6-9, is to attract delegates from 104 members of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and observers. Heads of IPU parliament members will deliver speeches at plenary sessions, focusing on such topics as sustainable development, climate change, gender equality, COVID-19 impact mitigation, and the role of multilateralism.
After the WCSP5, Hue and his entourage will pay working visits to the European parliament, Belgium and Finland till September 11.
A number of and Vietnamese ministers in charge of foreign affairs, investment, trade, agriculture, labour, and public security who are accompanying Hue will meet their counterparts in the host countries to promote cooperation in issues of mutual concern.
