The Malaysian top legislator’s official visit to Việt Nam on October 22-25 has an important role to play in consolidating and promoting the parliamentary relations between the Vietnamese National Assembly and the Malaysian parliament.
The discussions will centre on creating a balanced, effective and inclusive global governance ecosystem that heightens the role and voice of developing countries.
The EU side spoke highly of Việt Nam's increasingly significant role and position in the region and at multilateral forums, affirming that Việt Nam is a priority partner of the EU in the Asia-Pacific.
Chinese top leader Xi Jinping expressed his readiness to work with Cường to guide the building of a China-Việt Nam community with a shared future that carries strategic importance in a practical manner, thus supporting the modernisation of both countries and bringing greater benefits to their people.
The two sides pledged to better maintain existing cooperation mechanisms, such as annual high-level delegation exchanges and the deputy ministerial-level defence policy dialogue; improve the effectiveness of military and defence cooperation, especially in responding to non-traditional security challenges;
The Việt Nam - Laos border has been identified as one of the key areas for the transit, trade, and transport of drugs. Since 2020, the authorities of the two countries have collaborated in busting nearly 30 significant drug cases, seizing tonnes of various types of drugs.
NA deputies proposed revisions to ensure that those under 18 who accompany victims, or those in the process of being identified as victims, receive support akin to that of recognised victims.
The Vietnamese Party, Government and army always uphold policies aimed at establishing a border area of peace, friendship, stability and cooperation for development, including that between Sơn La and Laos’ Houaphanh province.
The Chinese Ambassador expressed his honour in taking on his position at a time when the China - Việt Nam comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership is entering a new phase – building a community with a shared future that carries strategic significance.
The two sides expressed their delight at the comprehensive development of their bilateral relationship across all fields and pledged to continue to strengthen close cooperation between the two countries' foreign ministries, contributing to deepening the framework of the Việt Nam - Japan Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
The relations between Việt Nam's National Assembly and Malaysia’s House of Representatives and Senate have been consolidated and enhanced at both bilateral level and within the framework of various inter-parliamentary forums
The two sides highlighted several measures to further enhance bilateral cooperation in such areas as agriculture, industry, energy - oil and gas, information - communications, science - education, and culture - sports in a more effective manner.
For 2025, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Hồ Đức Phớc urged ministries and agencies to strive for a ten per cent reduction in recurrent spending, compared to 2024.
The revised Pharmacy Law being discussed at the 15th National Assembly's 8th session is expected to enable incentives and investment support for the industry's development.
Newly elected President Lương Cường pledged to make efforts to carry forward achievements by his predecessor Tô Lâm and generations of Vietnamese State leaders.
The two countries have maintained regular high-level delegation exchanges and contacts through the Party, Government, State, parliament, and people-to-people channels.
Võ Trọng Hải, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the People’s Committee of Việt Nam’s Hà Tĩnh Province said this is an important project and a symbol of the close brotherhood of the two peoples of Việt Nam and Laos.
The legislators heard a report on the draft Law on amendments and supplements to a number of articles of the Law on Pharmacy and the draft Data Law.
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