At meetings with Indonesian leaders and at forums, which gathered the participation of a large number of politicians, scholars and international students, NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue expressed his impression of Indonesia’s important achievements.
Indonesia quickly overcame difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, gradually recovered its economy and society. Indonesia continues to grow prosperously, and gain an increasingly high position in the international arena, aiming to become a developed country by the occasion of its 100th founding anniversary (1945 - 2045).
NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue’s visit to Indonesia gained many important outcomes, contributing to strengthening political trust, friendship, and substantive cooperation while creating new momentum to deepen the bilateral strategic partnership.
On the first day in Indonesia, the Vietnamese NA Chair held talks with Puan Maharani, Speaker of the People’s Representative Council (lower house) of Indonesia.
At the talks, the two sides discussed positive results in the bilateral cooperation in recent years, as well as the orientations to promote parliamentary cooperation in the coming time.
The two sides agreed to increase the exchange of delegations and meetings at all levels and through all exchange channels, while providing best conditions for businesses of the two countries to diversify their investment and business cooperation areas. They will share experience in law building and create a legal corridor for the bilateral collaboration in fields of global scale, especially just energy transition and safe digital transformation.
They will also work together to build a coordination mechanism, and sound policies to promote the development of new and strategic supply chains, bringing the potential and strengths of both countries into full play.
On behalf of the high-ranking delegation of the Vietnamese NA, NA Chair Vuong Dinh Hue highly appreciated the thorough preparation of Indonesia to perform the role of AIPA Chair 2023, and agreed with the 44th AIPA General Assembly’s theme of ‘Responsive Parliaments for A Stable and Prosperous ASEAN’.
He stressed that Vietnam strongly supports Indonesia's role as ASEAN Chair in 2023 and expressed his belief that, under the chairmanship of Indonesia, ASEAN will fulfil the goals set out in the agenda, targeting to play a broader role in the Indo-Pacific region.
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NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue addresses the policy dialogue in Jakarta on August 5. (Photo: quochoi.vn) |
While attending the forum on promoting Vietnam-Indonesia cooperation, NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue delivered an important speech and had an open and frank exchange with scholars, major enterprises, members of the Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia (FPCI), a leading policy research centre in Indonesia and the region.
The Vietnamese top legislator emphasised that Vietnam and Indonesia have huge potential for cooperation, which is strongly promoted by the abundant internal resources of each country, as well as the fourth science and technology revolution of a strong and united ASEAN Community.
Sharing their thoughts about NA Chair Vuong Dinh Hue’s statement that the people are the root of all of development policies. Indonesian scholars stated that this is completely true because in most countries, both the government as the executive body and the parliament as the legislative body are elected by the people. Therefore, the people must be at the core of all actions of the government and parliament. And works taken by the government and the parliament must ensure that all of their decisions are in the interest of the people, they said.
They also highly appreciated Vietnam's goal of building a society of wealthy people, a strong country, democracy, justice, and civilisation, in which the people must be entitled to enjoy all the fruits of the development.
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NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue delivers his speech at the first plenary session of the 44th ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly in Jakarta, Indonesia on August 7, 2023 (Photo: VNA) |
NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue attended and delivered a speech at the first plenary session of the AIPA-44 General Assembly, which had the participation of parliament heads of nine ASEAN member countries and representatives from observers and guest countries together with international organisations.
While hailing that ASEAN has strived to play a central role, as one of the main actors in creating, shaping and leading in the regional cooperation and order, NA Chair Vuong Dinh Hue emphasised that the AIPA and its member parliaments have played a very important role in representing the voices of the states, political parties, and peoples in member countries.
He affirmed that Vietnam will try its best, together with other ASEAN member countries and AIPA parliaments, to build a strong and responsive ASEAN and AIPA, and turn risks into opportunities, towards a stable and prosperous ASEAN Community.
