Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue (R) meets with Vice President of the National Assembly of People’s Power of Cuba Ana María Mari Machado (Photo: VOV)

Both sides agreed that Vietnam and Cuba need to maintain the exchange of delegations at all levels to share information and experience in fields that they hold strengths in, contributing to their national construction and development causes. They also consented that the two parliaments should boost their cooperation and turn their ties into a significant cooperation channel in the bilateral relations

During a meeting on Tuesday, Chairman Hue told Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom Eleanor Laing that Vietnam supports the UK in strengthening economic and trade relations with the region. It is also ready to support the UK’s bid to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). He suggested that said that the two countries build effective cooperation models, commensurate with the potential and strategic partnership between the two countries.

The two sides underlined the importance of fully observing international law, especially the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) in ensuring security, safety, freedom of navigation and overflight, as well as settlement of disputes by peaceful means.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue (R) meets with Italian House of Representatives Speaker Roberto Fico (Photo: VOV)

At a meeting with Italian House of Representatives Speaker Roberto Fico, National Assembly Chairman Hue thanked Italy for providing more than 80,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine through COVAX to Vietnam. He said he hopes that the Italian Government and Parliament would continue to transfer redundant vaccines to help Vietnam control the pandemic.