Viet Nam vows to jointly build strong, responsive ASEAN and AIPA

Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue made the above statement at the first plenary session of the 44th General Assembly of the AIPA (AIPA-44) in Jakarta, Indonesia, on August 7.

Addressing the event, Vuong emphasized the need to strengthen solidarity, promote the central role and strategic value of ASEAN as well as take advantages of assistance from partners and the international community in protecting a region of peace, security and stability. 

It is necessary to foster and expand intra-regional cooperation in trade, investment, tourism, people-to-people links, technology transfer, financial and monetary cooperation, collaboration in sustainable and safe digital transformation and just energy transition, he stressed. 

Meanwhile, ASEAN needs to bolster collaboration with partners to narrow development gap and effectively cope with non-traditional challenges such as diseases, natural disasters, cyber and trans-national crimes, climate change, energy security and food security, the Vietnamese top legislator suggested. 

Vuong called on nations to enhance sub-regional cooperation, contributing to ensuring inclusive growth, equitable and sustainable development and increasing resilience to regional and global challenges. 

He recommended parliaments of ASEAN Member States improve the role of law-making and supervision and create a favorable legal framework to successfully implement the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity 2025 on all three pillars of politics-security, economy, culture-society, towards the Post-2025 Vision. 

Viet Nam supports the admission of Cuba, Turkey and Armenia as AIPA's observers, said Vuong. 

At AIPA-44, Viet Nam proposed three draft resolutions aiming to help ASEAN optimize advantages in science, technology, and innovation in service of economic recovery and development, as well as its potential to promote agricultural, food and forestry development.

Vuong took the occasion to invite representatives from the ASEAN parliaments and observers to attend the 9th Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians, slated for Ha Noi in next September./.