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NA Vice Chairwoman Tong
Thi Phong and Vice Speaker of the State Duma of Russia Olga Epifanova with
delegates at their meeting on the sidelines of the AIPA
The NA
official made the statement at a meeting with Vice Speaker of the State Duma
of Russia Olga Epifanova on the sidelines of the 38th General Assembly of the
ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA 38) in Manila, the Philippines, on
September 16.
The
bilateral strategic partnership has been reinforced over the years, Phong
noted, adding that Vietnam and Russia’s Parties, Governments, parliaments and
people have been actively promoting their relations, while cooperative ties
are expanding across the fields of economics, science-technology, cultural
exchanges, education, military and defence and security.
Notably,
the two countries’ parliaments have shared experience in law-making and
inspections and have supported each other at international forums, such as
the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), the Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum
(APPF), and the AIPA.
The NA
Vice Chairwoman suggested that the two sides boost high-level delegation
exchanges to increase their mutual understanding and share know-how in
parliamentary activities, in addition to promoting consultative mechanisms
and coordination at multilateral forums such as the IPU, APPF and AIPA.
She
informed the Russian side that Vietnam’s National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen
Thi Kim Ngan will attend the 137th IPU Assembly in Russia this October.
For her
part, Olga Epifanova called on the two nations’ parliamentary committees to
increase experience sharing and people-to-people exchanges.
She
confirmed she will visit Vietnam to attend the 26th Asia Pacific
Parliamentary Forum (APPF-26) in January 2018.
The Duma
Vice Speaker also suggested educating younger generations about the
traditional ties between Vietnam and Russia.
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