Top legislator leaves for official visits to Senegal, Morocco, IPU global speakers' conference in Switzerland
The trip by National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man aims to strengthen and further develop the friendly and mutually beneficiary relations between Vietnam and Senegal, Morocco, and Switzerland, deepen cooperation between Vietnam and the African and European regions, and diversify Vietnam’s economic and trade partnerships.
NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man (centre) and his spouse Nguyen Thi Thanh Nga (left) at Noi Bai International Airport on early July 22 morning. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – National Assembly (NA🐠) Chairman Tran Thanh Man, his s𝄹pouse Nguyen Thi Thanh Nga, and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation departed Hanoi on July 22 morning to pay official visits to Senegal and Morocco, attend the Sixth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament, organised by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Switzerland, and conduct bilateral activities in the European country.
The trip is made at the invitations of President of the Senegalese National Assembly El Malick Ndiaye, Speaker of the Moroccan House of Representatives Rachid Talbi Alami, IPU President Tulia Ackson, and IPU Secretary-General Martin Chungong.
Accompanying the top legislator are NA Vice Chairman Nguyen Duc Hai; Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long; and NA General Secretary and Chairman of the NA Office Le Quang Tung; among many other officials.
This marks NA Chairman Man’s first working trip in his capacity to Switzerland, as well as his first official visits to Morocco and Senegal. It is also the first official visit by a key Vietnamese leader to Morocco in six years, and the first to Senegal since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries in 1969.
The trip aims to strengthen and further develop the friendly and mutually beneficiary relations between Vietnam and Senegal, Morocco, and Switzerland, deepen cooperation between Vietnam and the African and European regions, and diversify Vietnam’s economic and trade partnerships. It also seeks to expand collaboration across various fields, including parliamentary ties, and mobilise international resources to serve national development goals in this new era of the nation's rise, while raising the profile and stature of both Vietnam and its legislature on the global stage.
The NA leader’s working trip also serves to affirm Vietnam’s consistent policies and strong efforts in socio-economic development, its commitment to multilateralism, and its role as a responsible and active member of the IPU and the United Nations, while further promoting the Southeast Asian nation’s parliarmentary cooperation with countries and international organisations worldwide./.
Deputy Foreign Minister Dang Hoang Giang said he hopes National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man's upcoming trip will achieve substantive results, especially in trade, investment, agriculture, sustainable development, and innovation, and create a premise to deepen bilateral relations between Vietnam and the three countries.
The top legislator will attend the Sixth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament in Switzerland, engage in bilateral activities there, and pay official visits to Morocco and Senegal from July 22 to 30.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Algeria and Senegal Tran Quoc Khanh said the official visit to Senegal from July 22 to 24 by National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man represents a watershed moment in nearly six decades of the diplomatic relations between the two countries, expected to bolster friendship and cooperation in a deeper and more substantive fashion.
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