On the afternoon of April 1, Politburo member and National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man, on behalf of the leaders of the Party and State of Vietnam and his wife Nguyen Thi Thanh Nga and the high-ranking delegation of the Vietnamese National Assembly, left Hanoi to attend the 150th Congress of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU-150), paid an official visit to the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Republic of Armenia at the invitation of President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Tulia Ackson, General Secretary of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Martin Chungong, President of the Uzbekistan National Assembly Tanzila Narbaeva, President of the Vietnamese National Assembly Alen Simonyan.
According to the Vietnam News Agency, the delegation officially accompanied the National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man and his wife: Vice Chairman of National Assembly Tran Quang Phuong; Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha; General Secretary of the National Assembly, Chairman of the Office of the National Assembly Le Quang Tung; Chairman of the Committee for Defense, Security and Foreign Affairs Le Tan; Chairman of the Social Culture and Social Committee Nguyen Dac Vinh; Chairman of the People's Committee and Supervisor Duong Thanh Binh; Deputy Secretary of the National Assembly Party Committee Vu Hai Ha; Permanent Vice Chairman of the Economic and Finance Committee Le Quang Manh; Deputy Minister of Defense Vo Minh Luong; Deputy Minister of Public Security Tran Quoc expressed; Vietnamese Ambassador to the Russian Federation, concurrently Armenia and Uzbekistan Dang Minh Khoi; Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang.
Also participating in the delegation were leaders of National Assembly committees, leaders of ministries, branches and localities.
The participation of the head of the Vietnamese National Assembly at the IPU-150 General Assembly this time is a vivid demonstration that Vietnam strongly supports multilateralism, values the role of IPU, and continues to affirm that the Vietnamese National Assembly is an active, active, and responsible member of IPU.
The working trip is the first multilateral foreign affairs activity of the National Assembly Chairman in 2025, aiming to continue implementing Vietnam's consistent foreign policy on independence, self-reliance, multilateralization, and diversification of foreign relations for peace, friendship, cooperation, development, proactiveness and active integration into a comprehensive, extensive, friendly, trusted partner and responsible member of the international community.
On the bilateral level, the official visit of the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Uzbekistan by the National Assembly Chairman is the first visit of a head of a Vietnamese legislative body to the two countries, and also the highest-level visit of a Vietnamese leader to the two countries since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1992.
The visit therefore has profound political significance, demonstrating Vietnam's respect for the traditional friendship with Uzbekistan and Armenia and its desire to work with the two countries to strengthen political trust, create a foundation to promote cooperation in many fields, and bring relations with each country to new heights.
