Vietnamese National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan (R) and Chairman of Russia’s State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin in Turkey, October 9, 2018

The leaders discussed their parliamentary experiences and promised to boost the Vietnam-Russia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

Madam Ngan lauded the initiative to establish the MSEAP by the State Duma and the Republic of Korea’s National Assembly and said she believes MSEAP 3 will be a success.

Mr. Volodin said he hopes the Vietnamese National Assembly will support Russia’s proposal to establish a gender-equal Vietnam-Russia inter-parliamentary committee. He said he is scheduled to visit Vietnam this year.