National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man and Armenian National Assembly President Alen Simonyan. Photo: Doan Tan/VNA |
At the NA House, NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man chaired the welcome ceremony for NA President Alen Simonyan and the Armenian NA delegation. Immediately after the welcome ceremony, the two NA leaders held talks. Within the framework of the official visit to Vietnam, NA President Alen Simonyan and the Armenian delegation were received by Party General Secretary To Lam and State President Luong Cuong.
At the talks and meetings, the Vietnamese leaders emphasized that Vietnam always attaches importance to developing relations with traditional friends, including Armenia and encourages businesses to invest in Armenia, especially in advantageous sectors, such as agriculture, food processing and textiles.
The two sides agreed to continue promoting the exchange of high-level and all-level delegations, effectively deploying existing cooperation mechanisms and agreements, contributing to consolidating political trust between the two countries; and promote the implementation of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU)-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement.
The two governments will accelerate negotiations and sign cooperation documents, creating a legal framework for agencies, organisations, people and businesses to promote exchanges and explore markets and opportunities for cooperation and investment and exchange of goods in each specific field, mutual recognition of product quality certification, and avoidance of double taxation.
The top legislators agreed to continue to exchange and reach consensus on the granting of scholarships for exchange students between the two countries; and continue to organise regular cultural exchange activities. They proposed relevant agencies of both sides consider preferential visa policies to create favourable conditions for citizens when traveling and learning about culture.
The two NA leaders assessed that the relationship between the two legislatures has been maintained, contributing to promoting Vietnam-Armenia bilateral relations. To further strengthen the relationship between the two NAs, they agreed to increase meetings and exchange of delegations between NA leaders, NA agencies and NA deputies of the two countries, and exchange experience in building laws and perfecting institutions to serve each country's development and parliamentary activities. The two sides considered signing a cooperation agreement between the two legislatutres.