Chairman of the NA’s Committee for External Relations Vu Hai Ha welcomes Speaker of the Indian Lok Sabha Om Birla at Noi Bai International Airport (Photo: quochoi.vn)

Speaker of the Indian Lok Sabha (the lower house) Om Birla starts an official visit to Vietnam on April 19 at the invitation by NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.

Om Birla was warmly welcomed by Chairman of the NA’s Committee for External Relations Vu Hai Ha and Vice Chairman Dinh Cong Sy at Noi Bai International Airport.

A welcome ceremony for the Indian lower house speaker was held at the NA building on the same day.

The visit takes place amid the Vietnam-India comprehensive strategic partnership growing steadily based on higher political trust and close relations between the two legislatures.

It is one of the major political events between the Vietnamese National Assembly and the Indian Lok Sabha to celebrate the 50th founding anniversary of Vietnam-India diplomatic ties (1972 – 2022).

The visit is designed to further foster the Vietnam-India Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, maintain high-level delegation exchanges between the two countries and their law-making bodies, and carry out bilateral cooperation activities within the agreement signed between the Vietnamese NA and the Indian Lok Sabha in September 2016, according to the VOV.

During the visit, Om Birla is due to pay courtesy visits to Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, and hold meetings with National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

Both top legislators will also attend a ceremony to announce the opening of new routes to India by budget carrier Vietjet Air.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue welcomes Speaker of the Indian Lok Sabha Om Birla at the National Assembly House.Photo: Nhandan

Speaker of the Indian Lok Sabha (the lower house) Om Birla (left) shakes hand with National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue. (Photo: VNA)

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue (front row, fourth right) and Indian lower house speaker Om Birla at their talks in New Delhi in December, 2021 (Photo: VNA)

The three-day visit is made in the context that the Vietnam-India Comprehensive Strategic Partnership has been growing strong with high political trust and close relations between the two legislatures.

It is one of the major political events between the National Assembly of Vietnam and the Indian Lok Sabha to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic ties (1972 – 2022), reported the Vietnamplus.

It aims to further reinforce the Vietnam-India comprehensive strategic partnership, maintain high-level delegation exchanges between the two countries and their legislative bodies, and implement bilateral cooperation activities within the agreement signed between the Vietnamese NA and the Indian Lok Sabha in September 2016./.

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