The 4th Conference of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly of Vietnam - Cambodia - Laos

(Baonghean.vn) -This morning, August 2, in Cua Lo town, the 4th Conference of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly of Vietnam - Cambodia - Laos on the role of the National Assembly in supporting the development triangle area was opened.

Attending the opening ceremony, on the Lao side, there was Comrade Koukeo Akhamonty - Member of the National Assembly Standing Committee, Chairman of the National Assembly's Foreign Affairs Committee as head of the delegation; on the Cambodian side, there was Comrade Cheang Vun - Chairman of the National Assembly's Foreign Affairs - International Cooperation - Media and Information Committee as head of the delegation; on the Vietnamese side, there were comrades of the Party Central Committee: Uong Chu Luu - Member of the National Assembly Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly; Tran Van Hang - Member of the National Assembly Standing Committee, Chairman of the National Assembly's Foreign Affairs Committee; Phan Dinh Trac - Secretary of the Nghe An Provincial Party Committee, Head of the National Assembly Delegation of Nghe An Province; comrades in the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, Standing Committee of the People's Council; People's Committee of Nghe An Province.

Overview of the conference

Delegates from three countries took a photo in solidarity.

Representatives of three countries and Nghe An province shook hands in solidarity.

On behalf of the National Assembly of the host country Vietnam, comrades Uong Chu Luu and Tran Van Hang delivered welcoming speeches and opened the conference, affirming: This is an annual activity of the Foreign Affairs Committees of the three countries, an important forum for National Assembly deputies, members of the Foreign Affairs Committees, representatives of ministries, branches and relevant localities of the three countries to meet, exchange information and discuss the role of the National Assembly in supporting the development triangle area, at the same time sharing experiences and proposing directions for cooperation in the bilateral and multilateral fields of the three Foreign Affairs Committees; through this conference, it will also contribute to preserving and nurturing the traditional friendship and comprehensive cooperation between the three countries to new heights.

The Presidium chaired the conference.

The Golden Triangle Development Area stretches across 13 border provinces of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. In 2004, the Prime Ministers of the three countries signed the Vientiane Declaration on the establishment of the Development Triangle Area between the three countries and approved the Development Triangle Master Plan with the goal of socio-economic development, hunger eradication, poverty reduction, contributing to maintaining stability and security in the border area of ​​the three countries.

Comrade Uong Chu Luu delivered the opening speech.

Speech by Comrade Konkeo Akkhamonty

Speech by Comrade Cheang Vun

At the conference, delegates clarified the outstanding achievements in all fields of socio-economics, national defense and security after more than 8 years of implementing the planning in the development triangle. However, compared to the approved planning, this area still faces many difficulties, has a lower level of development than other areas, and has not shortened the development gap compared to the average of each country. From that reality, delegates also proposed solutions for each country and each locality in the region to actively and proactively propose plans to implement the Government's policies to be able to maximize the potential of each province, along with intra-regional cooperation, continue to promote investment attraction from outside, ensure socio-economic development associated with environmental protection, and sustainable development.

Comrade Tran Van Hang spoke at the conference

Comrade Phan Dinh Trac speaks

The delegates also considered the role of the National Assemblies of the three countries in supporting the Triangle region to develop more strongly in the coming time to be extremely important and necessary. Based on their functions and authority, the National Assembly in general and the Foreign Affairs Committee in particular need to actively support the agreements that the Governments of the three countries have signed related to the Development Triangle region by perfecting institutions, allocating investment resources reasonably, and at the same time strengthening the supervision of the activities of ministries, branches, localities and even enterprises in effectively implementing the agreements; listening and reflecting the will and aspirations of the people and investors so that the policies can truly come into life.

The coordination mechanism between the Governments and National Assemblies of the three countries, along with the coordination mechanisms between the localities of the three countries inside and outside the Development Triangle Area, will be promoted and put into practice more substantially in the coming time, which will promote the achievements and promptly resolve the difficulties and problems in the Development Triangle Area.

According to the program, the Conference will continue working from now until August 4 with many important activities.

Mai Hoa-Sy Minh