Vietnam praises IPU’s role in promoting cooperation amid global challenges

Vice Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam Tran Quang Phuong was speaking at a meeting with IPU President Tulia Ackson, in Geneva, Switzerland, on March 24 on the sidelines of the ongoing IPU-148 General Assembly.

He said that Vietnam has actively and responsibly engaged in IPU activities since it joined the organization in 1979. The country has successfully hosted a number of major IPU events, including the IPU-132 General Assembly in 2015, the Symposium on Climate Change in the Asia-Pacific Region in May 2017, and the ninth Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians in September 2023.

Attending IPU activities is an important task in Vietnam’s multilateral parliamentary diplomacy to contribute to finding solutions to global problems, towards achieving the IPU’s common goals of peace, democracy and prosperity, stressed Phuong.

He requested that the IPU President promote linkages between the Vietnamese National Assembly and IPU activities as well as other related multilateral mechanisms, and support the Vietnamese legislature to host a number of important events of the IPU, especially the World Conference of Speakers of Parliament.

IPU President Tulia Ackson for her part spoke highly of Vietnam’s active participation in the IPU, especially its recent successful hosting of the ninth Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians.

She said she hopes that the two sides will continue to coordinate closely in joint IPU events in the coming time, contributing to improving the efficiency of parliamentary activities.