On the afternoon of November 21, at the headquarters of the Cambodian National Assembly in the capital Phnom Penh, right after the welcoming ceremony, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man and National Assembly Chairman Samdech Khuon Sudary led high-ranking delegations of the two countries to hold talks.
According to the Office of the National Assembly, at the talks, the two National Assembly Chairmen agreed to closely coordinate and continue to promote and enhance the good cooperation results between the two National Assemblies. By placing the interests and aspirations of the people at the center of parliamentary cooperation, Chairman Khuon Sudary believes that cooperation between the two National Assemblies will develop to new heights.
National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man agreed that the two sides should continue to carry out exchange activities and share experiences in areas of mutual interest, especially in building and perfecting institutions and legal systems, supreme supervision and deciding on important national issues. The two sides should carry out cooperation activities between the National Assembly Committees and agencies, between parliamentarians of the two countries, between the two Friendship Parliamentarian Groups, and between young parliamentarians and female parliamentarians of the two countries in many flexible forms such as bilateral visits, combining the organization of seminars and thematic talks during visits by leaders of the two National Assemblies.
The two sides continue to promote the role of the two countries' legislative bodies in promoting bilateral relations; supervise and encourage ministries, branches, localities and enterprises to actively and effectively implement signed treaties, agreements and arrangements; enhance information exchange and share experiences in effectively organizing the activities of the National Assembly, especially in building institutions, legal systems and supervising the implementation of laws, contributing to important decisions of each country.
“The legislative bodies of the two countries need to further promote their roles to spread the strengths of cooperation between the two countries in politics, defense and security to the economic and other fields. At the same time, there should be cooperation mechanisms to join hands with the Governments, levels and sectors of the two countries to resolve and remove difficulties in the current cooperative relationship, creating momentum to promote the continued development of the relationship between the two countries,” emphasized National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man.
National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man said that from January 21 to 24, 2025, the Vietnamese National Assembly will organize a Parliamentary Forum on Francophone cooperation in the fields of sustainable agriculture, food security and climate change response on the occasion of hosting the Conference of the Executive Board of the Francophone Parliamentary Union in Can Tho City.
On behalf of the Vietnamese National Assembly, the Chairman of the National Assembly respectfully invited Chairman of the National Assembly Samdech Khuon Sudary to lead a delegation of Cambodian parliamentarians to attend the forum to share each country's vision on the issues raised by the forum.
Earlier, in the afternoon of the same day, in the capital Phnom Penh, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man and a high-ranking delegation of the Vietnamese Party and State laid wreaths at the Independence Monument, the statue of the late King Norodom Sihanouk, and the Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Monument.
