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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

The following are remarks by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the opening ceremony of the 41st AIPA General Assembly. Your Excellency Madam Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, President of the National Assembly, President of AIPA-41, Honorable Speakers of AIPA member parliaments and observers, Distinguished Guest of the Host, Ladies and gentlemen, As the 2020 ASEAN Chair, allow me to convey to the 41st AIPA General Assembly my warmest congratulations. I would like to express my gratitude to Madam Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, the President of AIPA-41, for her important contribution, and to the leaders of AIPA member parliaments, for your active participation at the ASEAN-AIPA Interface at the 36th ASEAN Summit in June. 1. I wish to echo the remark of the Party General Secretary, State President Nguyen Phu Trong that this year is of great significance for it marks the 5th anniversary of the ASEAN Community and the Mid-term Review of the ASEAN Community Blueprints 2025. As the COVID-19 pandemic ranges … [Read more...] about Remarks by PM Nguyen Xuan Phucat 41st AIPA General Assembly

Vice Chairperson of the Vietnamese National Assembly Tong Thi Phong, who headed the Vietnamese delegation to the AIPA 41 General Assembly, said given adverse impacts by the pandemic, ASEAN and AIPA are evidence of the spirit of solidarity and mutual assistance to overcome difficulties. The organisation of the AIPA 41 General Assembly has showed efforts of AIPA member parliaments and Secretariat as well as of support parliaments of observing countries of AIPA. … [Read more...] about 41st General Assembly of 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

Singapore (VNA) - Former Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Ong Keng Yong shared his views of the 41st General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA 41) as well as the role of host Vietnam in regional inter-parliamentary diplomacy. According to the former ASEAN chief, this time’s general assembly could focus on enhancing AIPA’s structure to support ASEAN in its Community building process; and convincing their respective governments to strengthen the process of Community building and the ASEAN platforms already in place to implement the agenda of ASEAN. Currently, AIPA and ASEAN only engage each other on informal platforms, he said. He suggested the current Interface with ASEAN Leaders at the Summit should be held regularly; one or two practical proposals from AIPA could be tabled for an exchange of views with the ASEAN Leaders each time the Interface takes place. Besides, he said, the ASEAN-AIPA Dialogue at the … [Read more...] about Former ASEAN chief: ASEAN-AIPA Dialogue at AIPA General Assembly should be formalised