Lesson 2: Focus on supporting socio-economic recovery and development
In 2022, when the COVID-19 pandemic is gradually brought under control, many countries around the world as well as Vietnam have reopened, facilitating activities not only for trade and tourism, but also other activities. foreign affairs, in which the foreign affairs of the National Assembly takes place with a denser frequency and is also very rich and vibrant.
With the motto that the National Assembly always accompanies the Government to solve many urgent problems of the country, especially in the task of socio-economic recovery and development, the National Assembly in 2022 has focused on foreign affairs. economic diplomacy, mobilizing external resources for national development.
In an interview with a VNA reporter, Chairman of the National Assembly’s Foreign Affairs Committee Vu Hai Ha affirmed that in 2022, the NA’s foreign affairs work has been active, substantive and effective.
Comprehensive and extensive deployment
– In 2022, the National Assembly’s external activities on both bilateral and multilateral levels will be active and effective in both quality and quantity. Can the Chairman share more specifically about the NA’s foreign activities in the past year?
Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee Vu Hai Ha: It can be said that the main goal of foreign affairs in 2021 is vaccine diplomacy. By 2022, the focus of foreign affairs will be to support the country’s socio-economic recovery and development.
In that overall, the National Assembly’s foreign affairs has focused on promoting and implementing comprehensively, extensively, substantively and effectively from the activities of the leaders of the National Assembly, the Ethnic Council, Parliamentary Committees.
In addition to supporting socio-economic recovery and development, activities Parliamentary foreign affairs also focus on studying and exchanging experiences with international friends in professional activities of the National Assembly such as legislative work, supervision and decision-making on important national issues.
However, the focus is still on the implementation of programs and projects on socio-economic recovery and development in 2022.
In 2022, the activities of the leaders of the National Assembly, especially the President of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue, have focused on promoting the economy. During business trips, economic content is also very important; The President of the National Assembly attends many trade, investment and economic cooperation forums with other countries during his visits.
In addition, the National Assembly Chairwoman attended many forums on educational cooperation, which is a strength of the countries visited in the past year that we also want to promote such as Hungary, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. Zealand.
Developing human resources, especially high-quality human resources, is one of the three strategic breakthroughs set out by the 13th National Party Congress by the President as well as other leaders of the National Assembly. focused and motivated.
– Chairman, look back foreign activities In 2022, can you share about the highlights and highlights that the National Assembly has achieved?
Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee Vu Hai Ha: After a long interruption by the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Assembly’s foreign activities in 2022 have taken place in a very exciting way. We also focus on areas with strategic elements in the overall foreign relations of Vietnam.
With the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and the Kingdom of Cambodia, in general, the common relationship celebrates the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Laos as well as the 45th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation with the Republic of Vietnam. Lao People’s Democracy and the 55th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and the Kingdom of Cambodia, many activities of the National Assembly, National Assembly agencies and leaders of the National Assembly have been implemented.
The National Assembly of Vietnam has signed new cooperation agreements with you to strengthen cooperation with two very important and special partners of Vietnam in the new context as well as in the current world situation with many happenings. complex variable.
The National Assembly of Vietnam has also organized many seminars and conferences for the National Assembly and Parliaments of Laos and Cambodia to share experiences on economic recovery and development in terms of legislative and public affairs. supervision, the performance of the functions of the National Assembly.
For other partners in Europe as well as in the South Pacific, we have signed new cooperation agreements with Parliaments of countries such as Australia, Hungary.
Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly Vu Hai Ha. (Photo: Doan Tan/VNA)At multilateral forums, the National Assembly of Vietnam also proactively raised topics to ensure the implementation of the country’s development strategy from now to 2030, with a vision to 2045, striving to make Vietnam a to become a developed, high-income country by 2045.
These are issues of sustainable development, response to climate change, digital transformation, equitable energy transition; how can we both fulfill international commitments, but at the same time require developed countries to seriously and responsibly implement the issues posed in the current world situation.
Mobilizing the best resources for national development
– In addition to advising and setting out foreign plans of the National Assembly, supervision is also a very important activity of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. In 2022, the supervision topic on “Implementation of policies and laws for overseas Vietnamese”, implemented by the Committee on Foreign Affairs, was evaluated very successfully, contributing to solving and solving problems. problems with policies and laws in order to create conditions for compatriots far from the country to contribute to the country’s development, he can share about the implementation of this monitoring topic in the past year and plans in the future. next?
Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee Vu Hai Ha: Legislative work, supervision and decision-making on important issues are very important activities of the Foreign Affairs Committee.
Regarding supervision, we synchronously deploy supervision in assigned work areas. In 2022, we have carried out monitoring activities on border and territorial issues and issues related to overseas Vietnamese work; prepare to monitor the implementation of Vietnam’s commitments to the sustainable development goals.
More than 40 overseas Vietnamese from 17 countries around the world visited the troops and people of Truong Sa island district and DK1 rig. (Photo: Diep Truong/VNA)For overseas Vietnamese work, we already have Resolution 36 of the Politburo, Directive 45 and most recently Conclusion 12 of the Politburo on continuing to implement Resolution 36.
As a legislative body, we have taken steps to prepare and organize many activities to listen to the opinions, thoughts and aspirations of Vietnamese people abroad with the community spirit as the ministry. integral part of the Vietnamese people. Thereby, institutionalizing the policies of the Party and State towards the overseas Vietnamese community, mobilizing the best resources to serve the task of national construction and development.
Currently, we are developing the Land Law (amended) and this is also an issue that people are very interested in. Realizing that, we also had contacts and exchanges on the occasion of our relatives’ return to the program “Spring of the Motherland 2023,” welcoming the New Year and the Lunar New Year in Vietnam.
The Committee for Foreign Affairs has been coordinating with the State Committee on Overseas Vietnamese (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) to organize seminars to listen to people’s thoughts, aspirations and contributions to the country. matters under the responsibility of the National Assembly.
Thereby helping us continue to well implement Conclusion 12 of the Politburo on foreign Vietnamese affairs; institutionalize and internalize the policies of the Party and the State so that people feel that the Fatherland and the country are always beside them when they have difficulties and problems abroad.
In the coming time, we will continue to coordinate with ministries and branches to do well the work of overseas Vietnamese.
– As the Chairman shared, the focus of foreign affairs in 2021 of the National Assembly is vaccine diplomacy. In 2022, the National Assembly accompanies the Government in socio-economic recovery. Can the Chairman share about the orientation of the National Assembly’s foreign activities in 2023 as well as solutions to promote the role of the National Assembly to continue accompanying the Government in socio-economic development?
Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee Vu Hai Ha: I think the year 2023 is very important in the term of the 13th Party Congress. This is the pivotal year to actively implement in order to achieve the goals and tasks of socio-economic development.
Therefore, along with those tasks, the NA’s foreign affairs will continue to focus on promoting economic, trade, and investment cooperation and enhancing political trust with other countries to maintain the environment. environment of peace and stability in the region, as well as in the world, and ensure national security and defense.
Besides, we also need to expand cultural diplomacy to enhance people-to-people exchanges; cooperation on education and training to develop human resources for the next stage of development of the country, as well as cooperation on labor to enhance labor training, contributing to labor export.
On the side of the National Assembly, I think that the agencies of the National Assembly need to strengthen cooperation with the agencies of the Parliaments of other countries to exchange and share experiences during the recovery period after the COVID-19 pandemic. Especially, for the fields that need to prioritize resources to focus on developing the country in the coming time.
– Sincere thanks to Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly Vu Hai Ha./.
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Viet Duc (VNA/Vietnam+)