National Assembly (NA) Vice President Nguyen Thi Thanh continued her activities at the second Inter-Parliamentary Speakers’ Conference (ISC-2) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on August 27-28, joining discussions and meetings aimed at strengthening parliamentary diplomacy and bilateral ties.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man on June 15 chaired a working session with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the NA’s Committee for National Defence, Security and External Relations, and the NA Office to strengthen coordination in advisory, support and organisational work for the legislature’s external activities.

Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man and a high-ranking delegation of Viet Nam attended the opening ceremony of the 152nd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU-152), themed “Nurturing Hope, Securing Peace and Ensuring Justice for Future Generations”, in Istanbul, Türkiye, on April 15 evening.

Viet Nam’s participation in the 152nd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU-152) once again highlights its active, proactive and responsible engagement in the IPU as well as across multilateral platforms.

Viet Nam’s election of deputies to the 16th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2026–2031 tenure is an important event affirming and consolidating the power of the Vietnamese people while implementing the tasks set out by the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV), according to Cuban political scientist Luis Manuel Arce Isaac.

Parliamentary diplomacy is increasingly emerging as a key pillar of foreign relations, with Viet Nam’s National Assembly (NA) actively expanding engagement with regional and international partners through both bilateral and multilateral channels, according to Malaysia-based Southeast Asian history and defence researcher Enzo Sim Hong Jun.

Parliamentary diplomacy has made great contributions to consolidating ties between Viet Nam and Azerbaijan, Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Viet Nam Shovgi Kamal Oglu Mehdizadet said in an interview granted to the Viet Nam News Agency.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Mexico Nguyen Van Hai underscored the significant role of the Mexico–Viet Nam Parliamentary Friendship Group in promoting exchanges between the two legislatures, reaffirming that Viet Nam highly values its relationship with Mexico and aims to further advance cooperation via parliamentary, economic, cultural and people-to-people channels.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man, who is also Secretary of the NA Party Committee, on September 9 chaired a national scientific conference looking into 80 years of the NA's formation and development.

Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives (Parliament) Gerry Brownlee arrived in Ha Noi on August 27, beginning his five-day official visit to Viet Nam at the invitation of Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Tran Thanh Man.

Through its activities, especially in law building, external relations and supreme supervision over external affairs, the National Assembly (NA) has make great contributions to the country’s overall foreign relations over the past eight decades, NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man told the press on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Viet Nam’s diplomatic sector (August 28, 1945–2025).