NA Secretary General meets with Indian counterpart
National Assembly Secretary General and Chairman of the NA Office Bui Van Cuong had a meeting with Secretary General of the Indian Lok Sabha (lower house) Utpal Kumar Singh in Hanoi on April 19 within the framework of the official visit to Vietnam by Speaker of the Lok Sabha Om Birla.
Hanoi (VNA) – NationalAssembly Secretary General and Chairman of the NA Office Bui Van Cuong had a meeting with Secretary General of the Indian Lok Sabha (lower house) UtpalKumar Singh in Hanoi on April 19 within the framework of the official visit toVietnam by Speaker of the Lok Sabha Om Birla.
During the meeting, Cuong said during the official visit of Vietnamese NA ChairmanVuong Dinh Hue to India in December last year, the two parliaments’ officessigned a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the fields oflibrary and parliament television.
National Assembly Secretary General and Chairman of the NA Office Bui Van Cuong (second, left) speaks at the meeting (Photo: VNA)
The Vietnamese official said he wishes to discuss measures to effectivelyimplement cooperation agreements signed between the two sides with Utpal.
He suggested the two countries’ parliaments further promote the exchange ofhigh-level delegations, cooperation in training human resources, and experiencesharing among staff of the two offices.
For his part, Utpal said he agrees with cooperation proposals of the Vietnameseofficial, expressing the hope that the two parliament offices will expandcooperation in television and library development.
According to the guest, the Indian Parliament has its own televisionstation serving its activities. This is a good platform to promote television cooperationbetween the two countries’ parliaments.
Regarding the library field, Utpal said India will complete the goal ofcompletely digitising the parliament library in next year, addingthat the digitisation and automation in the library sector is also a potentialcooperation area between the two sides.
In terms of training parliamentary human resources, Utpal saidhis country has an agency specializing in training skills for parliamentarians.He expressed his willingness to receive and train staff of the Vietnamese NA.
ꦑ The two officials expressed their belief that cooperation between the NA Office of Vietnam and the Indian Lok Sabha office will be more practical and effectivein the time to come./.
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Participants at the meeting (Photo: VNA) 
National Assembly Secretary General and Chairman of the NA Office Bui Van Cuong (second, left) speaks at the meeting (Photo: VNA) 
