National Assembly (NA) President Tran Thanh Man and Chairwoman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federal Assembly Valentina Matviyenko affirmed their determination to deepen parliamentary cooperation, enhance coordination among specialized agencies, and promote the effective operation of friendship parliamentary groups.
Following the official welcoming ceremony on November 12, NA President Man held talks with Federation Council of the Russian Federal Assembly Matviyenko, who is on an official visit to Vietnam.
Regarding parliamentary cooperation, Mr. Man proposed that both sides continue to effectively implement the cooperation agreement between the Vietnam's NA and the Russian Federation Council.
Additionally, he called for increased sharing of legislative experience, improvement of the legal framework, and enhancement of oversight and urging roles. This would create favorable conditions for the two governments, ministries, sectors, localities, and agencies to strengthen cooperation, implement signed documents, and transform agreements and commitments into specific cooperation programs and projects that benefit the people of both countries.
The NA President urged the two parliamentary bodies to actively coordinate in resolving legal obstacles, thereby facilitating cooperation in economy-trade, investment, energy-oil and gas, science-technology, education-training, culture, people-to-people exchanges, and connectivity between localities.
Both sides affirmed their determination to deepen parliamentary cooperation, enhance coordination among specialized agencies, and promote the effective operation of friendship parliamentary groups. They also committed to accelerating the completion of legal frameworks and supervising the implementation of bilateral agreements, working alongside the governments, localities, and businesses of both nations.
The two sides highly appreciated the exchange, negotiation, and signing of cooperation documents by agencies and localities of both countries during the visit. They encouraged, supported, and assisted localities in expanding sister-city relationships and signing new cooperation documents.
Furthermore, they emphasized the importance of implementing and urging the deployment of signed documents, identifying priority content and focal points for execution. This aims to transform cooperation documents and commitments into concrete activities, maximizing the potential and strengths of each locality within the inter-regional and inter-local relationship network, and within the overall relationship between the two countries.
Both sides agreed that in the context of rapid global and regional changes, parliamentary diplomacy and coordinated action at multilateral parliamentary forums play a crucial role in promoting dialogue, building trust for cooperation and development. They also agreed to enhance contacts, consultations, and coordination at the Inter-Parliamentary Union and other multilateral parliamentary forums in which both sides participate, based on respect for the United Nations Charter and international law, for peace, stability, and development.
On the same day, Mr. Man and Mrs. Matviyenko witnessed the signing and exchange of cooperation documents, including: the Joint Action Program between the National Assembly of Vietnam and the Federation Council for the period 2026-2029; amended Protocol to the Memorandum of Understanding between the People's Committee of former Ba Ria – Vung Tau province (now part of Ho Chi Minh City) and the Government of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug; amended Protocol to the Agreement between the People's Committee of former Ba Ria – Vung Tau province and the Government of Rostov province on economic, trade, scientific-technical, cultural, and humanitarian cooperation; Agreement between the People's Committee of Quang Tri province and the Government of Leningrad province on cooperation in economic-trade, scientific-technical, and socio-cultural fields; Agreement between the People's Committee of Can Tho city and the Government of Altay region on implementing international and foreign economic relations in economic-trade, scientific-technical, and socio-humanitarian fields; and Cooperation Agreement between the Vietnam Military History Museum and the Victory Museum in Moscow, Russian Federation, on cooperation in museum activities.
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