National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man and his wife arrive in Tashkent, starting their trip to attend the 150th IPU General Assembly and officially visit Uzbekistan.

Welcoming National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man and his wife along with the high-ranking delegation of our country were: First Vice Chairman of the Senate of Uzbekistan Sodiq Safayev; Chairwoman of the Social Democratic Party of Uzbekistan “Adolat” (Justice) Makhmudova Robakhon Anvarovna; leaders of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan; and officials and staff of the Embassy of Vietnam in the Russian Federation concurrently serving in Uzbekistan.

This is a working trip of special significance and importance on both multilateral and bilateral levels. The participation of National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man in the 150th IPU General Assembly is a special milestone, demonstrating Vietnam's new spirit and high commitment to this important multilateral parliamentary forum, in the context of the current world situation requiring each country to join hands to discuss, share experiences, and propose initiatives to address common challenges.

The 150th IPU General Assembly, with the theme " Parliamentary Action for Development and Social Justice", took place in a context where the world is still facing many traditional and non-traditional security challenges, increasing inequality between countries and regions, while political commitments and resources in the fields of hunger eradication, poverty reduction, social development, climate change response, etc. tend to decrease. More than ever, countries need to coordinate actions and promote multilateral cooperation to overcome global challenges.

In that spirit, the 150th IPU General Assembly is an opportunity for parliaments of all countries to review, discuss and agree on actions to promote the role of each member parliament in formulating and supervising the implementation of legal policies and promoting the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang said that the theme and spirit of action of the 150th IPU General Assembly are also completely in line with the spirit of the United Nations Summit on Social Development, which will be held in Qatar in November 2025.

The Head of the Vietnamese National Assembly's participation in the 150th IPU Assembly is a vivid demonstration that Vietnam strongly supports multilateralism, values ​​the role of the IPU, and continues to affirm that the Vietnamese National Assembly is a proactive, active, and responsible member of the IPU.

The working trip is both the first multilateral foreign affairs activity of the National Assembly Chairman in 2025 and aims to continue implementing Vietnam's consistent foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralization, diversification of foreign relations for peace, friendship, cooperation and development, proactively and actively integrating comprehensively and deeply into the international community, being a friend, a reliable partner and a responsible member of the international community in the spirit of the 13th Party Congress and Directive 25-CT/TW of the Secretariat on promoting and elevating multilateral foreign affairs.

Vietnam attends IPU-150 as a country full of enthusiasm entering a new era, with many outstanding achievements in socio-economic development, in which people are always placed at the center, the goal and driving force of all development policies. With that internal strength and enthusiasm, at the IPU-150 forum, the Vietnamese National Assembly will exchange and share development experiences with parliaments of other countries, promote bilateral and multilateral cooperation in areas of mutual interest, and mobilize external support and resources for national development.

It is expected that within the framework of attending the 150th IPU General Assembly, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man will deliver an important speech at the General Discussion on the topic "Parliamentary Action for Development and Social Justice", and have bilateral meetings with the leaders of the IPU Secretariat, leaders of parliaments of countries and international organizations to discuss measures to further promote cooperation with the IPU, deepen relations with countries and partners, thereby continuing to enhance Vietnam's participation and contributions in the IPU as well as in multilateral forums, and enlisting the support of international friends and external resources to realize the country's development goals.

On the bilateral level, the official visit to the Republic of Uzbekistan by the National Assembly Chairman this time is the first visit by the head of the Vietnamese legislature, and also the highest-level visit by a Vietnamese leader to Uzbekistan since the two countries established diplomatic relations in 1992. The visit therefore has profound political significance, demonstrating Vietnam's respect for the traditional friendship with Uzbekistan and its desire to strengthen political trust with the two countries, creating a foundation to promote cooperation in many fields, bringing relations with each country to new heights.

Lam Giang (from Tashkent, Uzbekistan)

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