Hanoi (VNA) – National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue’s official visits toIndonesia and Iran, and attendance in the 44th General Assembly ofthe ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-44) from August 4 to 10 have reapedsuccessful results.

Bui VanCuong, NA Secretary General and Chairman of the NA Office, said the Vietnamesedelegation, led by Chairman Hue, made substantive contributions to AIPA-44,held in Indonesia, helping promote cooperation among member parliaments.

Meanwhile,the official visits to Indonesia and Iran were new milestones in Vietnam’srelations with the two countries.

During thetrip, Chairman Hue signed two cooperation agreements of the Vietnamese NA withthe People’sRepresentative Council of Indonesia and the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran. The signingof the deals was critically important, paving the way for new cooperationactivities in the time to come, according to Cuong.

At AIPA-44,themed “Responsive Parliaments for a Stable andProsperous ASEAN”, the top legislator attended the openingsession and delivered an important speech. He gave five proposals, stressingthe importance of enhancing solidarity and promoting the centrality andstrategic value of ASEAN, and highlighting the importance of ASEAN parliamentsin continuing to boost their role in making laws, creating a favourable legalframework, and increasing supervision over ASEAN governments’ implementation ofthe ASEAN Community blueprints 2025.

Vu HaiHa, Chairman of the NA Committee for External Relations, said the Vietnamesedelegation actively participated in AIPA committees’ meetings and dialogueswith observers.

The delegationput forth three initiatives through three draft resolutions on digital transformationled by women and for women; promoting innovation, transfer, application, anddevelopment of science-technology serving sustainable growth and development;and stepping up ASEAN guidance on responsible investment in the fields of food,agriculture and forestry. Vietnam also co-sponsored some other important resolutions.

The draftsproposed by the Vietnamese delegation were welcomed by other countries. They wereapproved at the meetings of AIPA committees and submitted to the General Assemblyfor adoption at the last session, Ha noted.

The officialvisit to Indonesia was the first to the archipelago nation by Chairman Hue andalso the first by an NA leader of Vietnam in 13 years. He engaged in a hecticand also fruitful schedule within three days, when he met politicians,scholars, businesses, and the media of Indonesia.

Speaker ofthe People’sRepresentative Council of Indonesia Puan Maharani highly valuedthe significance of the visit, which took place amid the 10th anniversary of the two countries’ strategic partnership. During their talks andmeetings with Hue, Indonesian leaders affirmed that Vietnam is a partner ofstrategic importance of Indonesia in the region.

For hispart, Chairman Hue said the closer the Vietnam - Indonesia cooperation is, thefarther ASEAN will move.

Followingthe trip to Indonesia, he paid his first official visit to Iran, and this wasalso the first by an NA leader of Vietnam to this Middle Eastern country in 24years. It was held amid the 50th anniversary of the two countries’diplomatic ties.

DeputyMinister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet said meeting with the top legislatorof Vietnam, Iranian leaders, scholars, businesses, and friends affirmed thatthe visit would herald a new development phase for bilateral relations. They alsostressed their belief in a bright future of cooperation between the two countries.

The visit has created a new impetus for theVietnam - Iran economic ties to grow substantively and effectively on par withthe sound political connections, Viet added.

Aside from the signing ofthe NA’s cooperation agreements with the People’sRepresentative Council of Indonesia and the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran, the Vietnam- Indonesia and Vietnam - Iran forums on policies and laws were also held tofoster economic, trade, and investment links. Thirty cooperation deals were inkedbetween Vietnamese businesses and Indonesian and Iranian firms on thoseoccasions.

In bothIndonesia and Iran, Chairman Hue received heads of the Indonesia - Vietnam andIran - Vietnam friendship associations.

He said people-to-peopleexchanges form the “strongest roots” for promoting Vietnam’s multifaceted relationswith the countries. He also expressed his hope that apart from holding people-to-peopleexchanges, the associations remain bridges connecting Vietnam with thecountries and helping strengthen mutual understanding and cooperation./.