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According to the top Vietnamese legislator, the AIPA's 41st General Assembly and activities held within the framework of the AIPA Five Presidents 2020 both demonstrated the proactiveness, responsibility and substantial contributions made by the National Assembly of Việt Nam to the AIPA, while helping strengthen solidarity and leading joint efforts for the AIPA to support the ASEAN Community building process, with the central task in the current period being to overcome the adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, maintain economic development and ensure social security for all people. … [Read more...] about ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly an open, effective forum for regional cooperation: top legislator

In terms of social affairs and gender equality, the NA has proposed many initiatives, especially on promoting the role of women in general and female parliamentarians in particular. Of special note, the first AIPO Women Parliamentarians’ Meeting was held at the 19th AIPO General Assembly in 1998, following initiatives by Viet Nam and Malaysia. … [Read more...] about Việt Nam’s National Assembly made significant contributions to AIPA’s development

Participants to the opening ceremony of the 41st General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly Top Vietnamese legislator Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan will deliver an opening speech. A wide range of activities are scheduled on the day, comprising the first plenary session, a meeting of Women Parliamentarians of AIPA (WAIPA), and an unofficial meeting of young AIPA parliamentarians. Together with ASEAN, AIPA has made significant contributions to regional connectivity and cooperation for mutual development of the ASEAN member states. In a bid to consolidate solidarity within the ASEAN bloc, AIPA and parliaments of member countries will work closely with governments of the ASEAN nations to seek measures to build the ASEAN Community, as well as promote the central role of ASEAN in maintaining regional peace and stability. This will be the first time in history the AIPA General Assembly is held online amid the complicated developments of COVID-19, showing the Vietnamese NA's … [Read more...] about 41st General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly opens

With strong connections, AIPA, as legislative agencies of ASEAN countries, will support ASEAN to promote the central role of the regional structure, proactively adapt to opportunities and challenges, contributing to maintaining peace, security and stability of the region, and acting together for the common interests of the ASEAN community, Ngân said. … [Read more...] about 41st General Assembly of ASEAN inter-parliamentary organisation kicks off

The ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) is a regional parliamentary organisation. It was originally formed on September 2, 1977 as the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Organisation (AIPO) by the leaders of the parliamentary delegations of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand attending the Third ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Conference in Manila, the Philippines. In 1995, Vietnam became a member, followed by Laos in 1997, Cambodia in 1999, and Brunei in 2009. At the 27th AIPO General Assembly held in Cebu city, the Philippines in 2006, there was a consensus to transform the organisation into a more effective and closely integrated institution and to change the organisation's name from AIPO to AIPA. … [Read more...] about 41st General Assembly of ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly opens