National Assembly Chairman begins official visit to China
The visit of National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan is the first official visit to China by a leader of the Vietnamese Party and State since the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
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| Vietnamese Ambassador to China Dang Minh Khoi (center) and staff of the Vietnamese Embassy in China welcome National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan. Photo: Trong Duc/VNA |
According to the special correspondent of the Vietnam News Agency, at noon on July 8 (local time), Politburo member and National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and a high-ranking delegation of the Vietnamese National Assembly arrived at Lukou Airport in Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, to begin an official visit to China from July 8-12 at the invitation of Standing Committee member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China (Chairman of the National People's Congress - Chairman of the National Assembly) Li Zhanshu.
Welcoming National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and her delegation at Lukou airport were Vice Chairman of the National People's Congress Social Construction Committee Jiang Xiaoquan, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress Wei Guoqiang, and Chairman of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress Foreign Affairs Committee Ty Jinquan.
On the Vietnamese side, there were Vietnamese Ambassador to China Dang Minh Khoi, Vietnamese Consul General in Shanghai Ninh Thanh Cong, a number of officials from the Vietnamese Embassy in China, the Vietnamese Consulate General in Shanghai, and representatives of the Vietnamese community in Jiangsu province...
The visit of National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan is the first official visit to China by a Vietnamese Party and State leader since the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and is also the first visit to China by Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan as Chairwoman of the National Assembly.
The visit is of great significance in maintaining high-level exchanges between the two Parties and States, contributing to consolidating and enhancing political trust and developing the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between Vietnam and China.
The visit of National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan focused on discussing measures to continue effectively implementing the Cooperation Agreement signed in 2015 between the Vietnamese National Assembly and the National People's Congress of China; enhancing the exchange of delegations at the National Assembly leadership level, delegations at the Committee level, specialized agencies, and Friendship Parliamentarians' Groups of the two countries' National Assemblies; exchanging and sharing professional experience in the field of law-making; and coordinating in the supervision of cooperation agreements signed between the two countries. The two sides will also exchange opinions on international issues of mutual concern as well as coordinate at regional and international inter-parliamentary forums...
