National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man and his wife successfully conclude their visit to Armenia

Farewell ceremony for National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man and his wife at Zvartnots International Airport, capital of Yerevan, Republic of Armenia. Photo: Doan Tan/VNA

Seeing off the delegation at Zvartnots International Airport, capital of Yerevan, were: Chairman of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs Sargis Khandanyan; Ambassador of Armenia to Vietnam Suren Baghdasaryan; leaders of the Foreign Affairs Department and Protocol Department of the National Assembly of Armenia.

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man is the first high-ranking Vietnamese leader to visit the Republic of Armenia since the two countries established diplomatic relations.

During the visit, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man met with President Vahagn Khachaturyan, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, and held talks with National Assembly Chairman Alen Simonyan.

During the talks and meetings, in a sincere and open atmosphere, the leaders of the two countries were pleased with the positive developments in the Vietnam-Armenia relationship in many fields; at the same time, they highly appreciated the positive growth momentum of economic and trade cooperation between the two countries, especially in recent years after the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Vietnam and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) took effect in 2016.

Believing that the potential for cooperation is still very large, the leaders of the two countries agreed to further promote economic and trade cooperation, creating favorable conditions for businesses of the two countries to learn about each other's markets, especially for Vietnamese agricultural, aquatic and seafood products entering the Armenian market; paying attention to Armenian export products such as wine, processed foods and metals... The two sides promote cooperation in new areas such as science and technology, innovation, digital transformation, artificial intelligence (AI), green transformation...

Regarding cooperation between the two National Assemblies, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man and National Assembly Chairman Alen Simonyan agreed to increase the exchange of high-level delegations of National Assembly leaders, cooperation activities between National Assembly agencies, Friendship Parliamentarians' Group, Young Parliamentarians' Group, Women Parliamentarians' Group, and National Assembly deputies of the two countries.

The two sides will strengthen cooperation, information exchange and experience sharing between specialized committees and National Assembly deputies in parliamentary activities, especially in the fields of legislation and supervision; strengthen supervision and urge the effective implementation of bilateral and multilateral cooperation agreements that the two governments have signed or participated in, especially agreements that help promote economic and trade cooperation...

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man and his wife leave Armenia to attend IPU-150 and visit Uzbekistan. Photo: Doan Tan/VNA

One of the outstanding results of the visit was that National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man and National Assembly Chairman Alen Simonyan signed the first-ever Cooperation Agreement between the Vietnamese National Assembly and the Armenian National Assembly, creating a legal framework for enhancing cooperation between the two legislative bodies in the coming time.

In the capital Yerevan, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man received the Chairman of the Armenia-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Group; attended a Vietnam-Armenia business forum; and visited a number of Armenian educational, cultural, and technological establishments.

With substantive activities, the official visit of National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man to the Republic of Armenia was a great success, contributing to opening a new page for parliamentary cooperation, while creating momentum to expand bilateral cooperation in various fields, for the benefit of the people of the two countries./.

Source: https://hanoimoi.vn/chu-tich-quoc-hoi-tran-thanh-man-va-phu-nhan-ket-thuc-tot-dep-chuyen-tham-armenia-698002.html