On November 21, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man led a high-ranking delegation of the Vietnamese Party and State to leave Hanoi for an official visit to the Kingdom of Cambodia to attend the 12th Plenary Session of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) and the 11th Plenary Session of the International Parliament for Tolerance and Peace (IPTP) from November 21 to 24.
The visit took place at the invitation of President of the Cambodian People's Party Samdech Techo Hun Sen, President of the Cambodian National Assembly Samdech Khuon Sudary and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties Chung Eui-yong.
According to VNA, the delegation accompanying National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man includes: Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc; Chairman of the National Assembly's Foreign Affairs Committee Vu Hai Ha; Chairman of the National Assembly's Ethnic Council Y Thanh Ha Nie Kdam; Chairman of the National Assembly's Defense and Security Committee Le Tan Toi;
Head of the Delegation Affairs Committee of the National Assembly Standing Committee Nguyen Thanh Hai; Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee, Head of the Delegation of the National Assembly of Ho Chi Minh City, XVth tenure Phan Van Mai;
Deputy Minister of National Defense Vu Hai San; Deputy Minister of Public Security Tran Quoc To; Secretary of An Giang Provincial Party Committee Le Hong Quang; Secretary of Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of Tay Ninh Provincial People's Council Nguyen Thanh Tam; Permanent Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Vietnam to Cambodia Nguyen Huy Tang.
This is the first official visit to Cambodia of comrade Tran Thanh Man as Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly.
The visit has many important meanings, affirming the foreign policy of the 13th National Party Congress, in which high priority is given to the relationship of "good neighborliness, traditional friendship, comprehensive cooperation, long-term sustainability" with Cambodia, demonstrating the trust and closeness between the two countries' senior leaders as well as between the Chairman of our National Assembly and the Cambodian senior leaders.
The visit also aims to continue bringing the Vietnam-Cambodia relationship into a new stage of development on the basis of equality, mutual benefit, effective cooperation, and respect for each other's interests; to propose major directions and measures to improve efficiency, create new momentum for economic cooperation, and strengthen connectivity between the two countries in the coming time; to contribute to consolidating strategic trust and deepening the relationship between the two countries, promoting cooperation between the National Assembly of Vietnam and the National Assembly and Senate of the Kingdom of Cambodia; to enhance exchanges and contacts between the committees and friendship parliamentary groups of the two countries as well as to coordinate actions at international and regional inter-parliamentary forums.
The fact that National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man represented our Party to attend the 12th Plenary Session of ICAPP aims to promote our Party's active participation and contributions to ICAPP, promote relations with Asian political parties, contribute to common regional issues; strengthen relations between our Party and the Cambodian People's Party (CPP), and demonstrate respect for the leadership of the Cambodian Party and State.
At the same time, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man will also attend the 11th Plenary Session of IPTP as a guest of the host country to show support and goodwill to the host country Cambodia, especially during Cambodia's term as IPTP Chair; thereby, contributing to strengthening and developing the traditional friendship and comprehensive cooperation between the two National Assemblies in particular and the two countries in general.
