NA Vice President holds bilateral meetings on sidelines of IPU-153
Vietnamese National Assembly Vice President Nguyen Hong Dien held bilateral meetings with IPU leadership to discuss economic cooperation and parliamentary capacity building. The discussions focused on strengthening ties between Vietnam and Tanzania, as well as future collaboration on AI in parliamentary processes.
Why it matters
These meetings reflect Vietnam's active engagement in international parliamentary diplomacy and its efforts to leverage global organizations for domestic legislative development.
Vice President of the Vietnamese National Assembly Nguyen Hong Dien (second, left), IPU President Tulia Ackson (centre) and delegates pose for a group photo. (Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Meeting with IPU President Tulia Ackson, Dien thanked her and the Parliament of Tanzania for hosting IPU-153 and acknowledging her contributions during her tenure as IPU President. He asked Ackson, as former President of the Tanzanian Parliament, to help promote economic, trade and investment ties between Vietnam and Tanzania, matching the two countries’ strong political relations.
For her part, Ackson thanked Vietnam for its cooperation with the IPU and support for its values. She spoke highly of the high proportion of National Assembly female deputies in Vietnam and expressed her hope that the Vietnamese NA would host IPU events in the future.
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