Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Vuong Dinh Hue will lead a high-ranking delegation of the Vietnamese National Assembly to pay official visits to the Republic of Korea (RoK) and India from December 12 - 19.
Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Vuong Dinh Hue (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Vuong Dinh Hue will lead a high-ranking delegation of the Vietnamese National Assembly to pay official visits to the Republic of Korea (RoK) and India from December 12 - 19, according to the NA's Foreign Affairs Committee.
The visits will be made at the invitation of Speaker of the National Assembly of the RoK Park Byeong-seug, Speaker of the Lok Sabha (House of Representatives) of India Om Birla, and Chairman of the Rajya Sabha (Upper House) of India Venkaiah Naidu, the committee said in its statement issued on December 10./.
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Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Vuong Dinh Hue (Photo: VNA) 
