On October 29 (local time), at Westminster Palace in London, General Secretary To Lam had a meeting with President of the British House of Councilors John Mcfall ( before receiving leave from Alcluith), VNA reported.
British Senate President John McFall welcomed and expressed his appreciation for General Secretary To Lam's official visit, affirming that he always attaches importance to developing relations with Vietnam, and is ready to cooperate closely to further deepen cooperation between the two countries in various fields, especially education - training, defense, etc. The British Senate President also sent his condolences and shares about the current flood situation in Vietnam.
Expressing his satisfaction with the increasingly good and substantial development of the cooperation between the two countries' National Assemblies, contributing significantly to deepening the traditional friendship between Vietnam and the UK, Mr. Mcfall believes that General Secretary To Lam's visit will open a new historic period of cooperation in bilateral relations in all fields, especially on the parliamentary cooperation channel; affirmed that the British Senate will continue to support the UK Government in cooperating with Vietnam and sharing experiences in law-making.
At the meeting, General Secretary To Lam highly appreciated the role of the British Parliament in the British political system, as well as the positive contributions of Mr. Mcfall and the British Parliament leaders to the Vietnam - UK cooperation in recent times and suggested that the British Parliament support the expansion of cooperation between the UK parliament, government and cooperation between localities of the two countries in areas where the UK has strengths such as finance, science - technology, education - training, security - defense and climate change response.
General Secretary To Lam emphasized that the two sides also need to promote the implementation of bilateral cooperation initiatives in education and training, especially within the framework of Chevening and Newton scholarship programs, university and vocational training cooperation; encourage British institutes and schools to expand branches and training linkages in Vietnam, contributing to building high-quality human resources to serve economic development and digital transformation in the new era.
The two leaders emphasized the important role of the two countries' parliamentaries in supervising the effective implementation of bilateral cooperation agreements.
The two sides agreed to regularly maintain delegation exchanges, especially at high levels; promote cooperation between specialized committees of the two countries' National Assemblies; coordinate and share experiences in legislative activities, policy supervision, as well as academic exchanges, thereby promoting and enhancing cooperation on the parliamentary channel.
